Lesson Guide in Earth and Life Science

I. OBJECTIVES

The learners demonstrate an understanding of the tectonic

A. Content Standards
plates.

B. Performance Conduct a survey to assess the possible geologic hazards that

Standards your community may experience.

At the end of the session, students are expected to:

C. Learning 1. Explain how the seafloor spreads (S11/12ES-Id-23)

Competencies/
Objectives I.1 Describe seafloor.
I.2 Explain how seafloor spreads.
I.3 Explain how mid-oceanic ridge form.

EARTH MATERIALS AND PROCESSES

II. CONTENT  Deformation of the Crust

III. LEARNING
RESOURCES
A. References
1. Teacher’s Guide
pages
2. Learner’s
Manual pages
Science in Today’s World Earth and Life Science by Shila Rose
3. Textbook pages D. Sia and Lea Amor S. Cortez, SibsPublishing House, 2016
page 55
4. Additional
Materials from
Learning
Resource (LR)
portal

B. Other Learning www.earthref.org

Resources http://www.ck12.or/workbook/CK-12-Earth-Science-For-High-
School-Workbook/section/6.3/

IV. PROCEDURES
A. Reviewing previous
lesson or presenting Review on how the movement of plates leads to the formation of
new lesson folds and faults.
(REVIEW)
B. Establishing a Picture Analysis: Differentiate the two pictures. (Picture A:
purpose of the seafloor and picture B: seafloor spreading)
lesson
(MOTIVATION)
C. Presenting Game: Truth or Bluff
examples/instances Write TRUE if the statement is correct or FALSE if the statement
of the new lesson is incorrect. Write your answer on the space provided.
(PRE-ACTIVITY)

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 ___1. Seafloor spreading explains Wegener’s hypothesis.
___2. An echo sounder with a single beam can create a 3D map
of the seafloor.
___3. A mid-ocean rindge runs mainly in a north-south
orientation through the Atlantic Ocean.
__4. Abyssal plains are completely flat and lack any features
__5. Stripes of normal and reversed polarity from mirror images
on either side of mmid ocean ridges.
__6. Sedimentary rock on the seafloor is thickest at mid-ocean
ridges.
__7. Seafloor changes to continental crust at the edges of
continents.
__8. The seafloor-spreading hypothesis was proposed before
World War II.
__9. At a deep-sea trench, oceanic crust sinks into the mantle.
__10. Seafloor spreading is caused by convection currents within
the mantle.
Modeling Sea-Floor Spreading Lab Questions
Answer the following questions using your model of sea-floor
spreading.
1) What feature of the ocean floor does the center slit represent?
2) What prominent feature of the ocean floor is missing from the
model at this point?
3) What do the side slits represent?
4) What does the space under the paper represent?
5) How does the ocean floor as shown by the part of a strip close
to the center slit differ from the ocean floor as shown by the part
D. Discussing new near a side slit?
concepts and 6) What do the stripes represent?
practicing new skills 7) Why is it important that your model have an identical pattern of
1 strips on both sides of the center slit?
(ACTIVITY PROPER) 8) How do the differences in density and temperature provide
some of the force need to cause sea-floor spreading and
subduction?

E. Discussing new
concepts and Analysis of Theories, Concepts and Principles
practicing new skills 1. Explain how seafloor spread and its effects.
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(DEEPENING)
Group Activity:
F. Developing mastery
Divide the class into four (4) groups. Cite reasons how seafloor
(POST-ACTIVITY)
spreading happens.

G. Finding practical
applications of Let the students explain how mid-oceanic ridge form?
concepts and skills

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 in daily living
(APPLICATION)

H. Making Based on the objectives stated previously, ask the following

generalizations and questions:
abstractions about 1. What are the features of seafloor?
the lesson 2. Illustrate how seafloor spread.
(GENERALIZATION) 3. Give the effects of seafloor spreading.

Use the figure above to answer the following questions.

1) What feature of the ocean floor is shown at A?
2) Describe the process shown occurring at B, and explain what
results from this.
3) What happens to old oceanic crust as new molten material
rises from the mantle?
4) The arrows on the figure show the ocean floor spreading from
the ridge. What are two kinds of evidence scientists have
I. Evaluating learning found to support this idea? …(hint refer to your notes guide)
(ASSESSMENT) 5) What process is shown occurring at C, and why does it occur?
6) Where would you expect to find the “newest” rock on the
ocean floor?

Fill in the blank to complete each statement.

7) The feature on the ocean floor at C is called a(n)
__________________________.
8) The process that continually adds new material to the ocean
floor is called _______________________.
9) The process by which the ocean floor sinks into the mantle is
called _______________________.
10) The chain of mountains that extends into all of Earth’s
oceans is the ___________________________.

Read the passage about Seafloor and answer the attached

J. Additional activities
questions.
for application or
http://www.ck12.or/workbook/CK-12-Earth-Science-For-High-
remediation
School-Workbook/section/6.3/
(REMEDIAL)