Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region III

ACTIVITY 1
FAULT MODEL

Objectives:
Construct a model of Fault
Materials:

 crayons or colored pencils

 scissors
 tape or glue
 metric ruler
 folder/ cartolina
 Fault Model Sheet

Procedure:

1. Color the fault model that is included according to the color key provided.
2. Paste or glue the fault model onto a piece of folder or cartolina.
3. Cut out the fault model and fold each side down to form a box with the drawn features on
top.
4. Tape or glue the corners together. This box is a three-dimensional model of the top layers
of the Earth's crust.
5. The dashed lines on your model represent a fault. Carefully cut along the dashed lines.
You will end up with two pieces. Tape or glue a piece of construction paper on the side of
the two fault blocks along the fault face. This will help with the demonstration.

6. Slide Block A upward while keeping B stationary.

a. Which way did point A move relative to point B?
b. What happened to rock layers X, Y and Z?
c. Are the rock layers still continuous?
d. What would likely happen to the river? the road? the railroad tracks?
e. What landform could have been formed?

7. Slide Block B downward while keeping A stationary

a. Which way did point B move relative to point A?
b. What happened to rock layers X, Y and Z?
c. Are the rock layers still continuous?
d. What would likely happen to the river? the road? the railroad tracks?
e. What landform could have been formed?

8. Slide Block A sideward while keeping b stationary

a. Which way did point B move relative to point A?
b. What happened to rock layers X, Y and Z?
c. Are the rock layers still continuous?
d. What would likely happen to the river? the road? the railroad tracks?

Credit to the source for illustrations

Jomar M. Urbano Regional Mass Training of Teachers in Critical Content of Grade 8 Science
Regional Trainer May 28 to June 8, 2018
 Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region III

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ACTIVITY 2

Objective:

Jomar M. Urbano Regional Mass Training of Teachers in Critical Content of Grade 8 Science
Regional Trainer May 28 to June 8, 2018
 Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region III

ACTIVITY 2
SIMULATING ELASTIC REBOUND
Objective:
Explain the relationship between faults and earthquakes.
Materials:
• Sheets of sandpaper of different coarseness (grit)
• Tape
• Wooden board
• Rubber bands
• Weights
• Wooden block with eyehook
 Meter stick or ruler

Procedure:
1. Tape several matching sheets of sandpaper together to form a long strip with smooth connections
between each sheet.
2. Tack the strip onto the wooden board.
3. Attach a rubber band to the block (through the eyehook as shown).
4. Place the block on one end of the strip of sandpaper.

5. Place the meterstick along the strip of sandpaper, starting at the end of rubber band.
6. Advance the end of the rubber band slowly for 3 times and record both the position of block edge and
time. Sometimes the block will stay in the same place while the rubber band stretches, but sometimes
the block will move. Note that if the block does not move on a given rubber band movement, then it is
not necessary to record position until the block moves.
(Note: the distance refers to where the end of the rubber band pointed after a quick movement of the
block)
7. Do it for 3 trials.
8. Repeat for 3 additional trials using additional weight on the top of the block (You may also add more
rubber bands or use different types of sandpaper).

Questions:
1. In the activity, what does the block of wood represent?
2. What does the rubber band represent?
3. What does the sand paper represent?
4. What does the moving block represent?
5. Does the block always move the same distance with each jump in motion?
6. What happen when we pull the block along a strip with varying sandpaper types.
7. Explain how the activity might model the cause of real earthquake.
8. Based from the idea generated from the activity, which would you prefer: often release of
stress/pressure in a place or build up and sudden release of stress/pressure. Explain your answer.
9. Graph your data.
a. Wood only
b. Wood with weights
Jomar M. Urbano Regional Mass Training of Teachers in Critical Content of Grade 8 Science
Regional Trainer May 28 to June 8, 2018
 Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region III

ACTIVITY 3
SEISMIC WAVES
Objective:
Describe how seismic waves behave.

Materials:

 Slinky
 2-meter rope
 Masking tape

Procedure:
A. Wave A
1. Divide participants into pairs and provide them a slinky and a masking tape.
2. Instruct the pairs to mark a spot on their slinky near the center with masking tape at the top of
the loop.
3. Have the two participants each hold one end of the slinky. Stretch out the slinky along a table.
Have participants take turns compressing 15 coils and then releasing them rapidly while they
hold the end of the slinky, making sure to observe the energy wave travel the length of the
slinky.
B. Wave B
4. Tie one end of a 2-meter rope to the door knob of the room. Ask one participant to hold the
free end of the rope. Ask the participant to back away from the door until the rope is straight
with a little slack and shake the rope up and down.
Guide Questions:
A. Wave A
1. Describe your observations of the coil and tape.
2. What kind of seismic wave this slinky motion represents?
B. Wave B
3. What can you say about the motion of the rope?
4. What kind of seismic wave this resembles?

Jomar M. Urbano Regional Mass Training of Teachers in Critical Content of Grade 8 Science
Regional Trainer May 28 to June 8, 2018
 Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region III

ACTIVITY 4
SEISMIC WAVE VELOCITY
PROCEDURE
1. Analyze the graph showing velocities of seismic waves at varying depth.
2. Label each of the zones to show how the wave velocity changes(example write “wave velocity
increasing”)
QUESTION:
• What do you think causes such change in wave velocity?
• Why does S-wave velocity drop to zero at a depth of 2900 km?
• Describe the properties of the different layers of the earth based from the changes in the seismic
velocity.

Jomar M. Urbano Regional Mass Training of Teachers in Critical Content of Grade 8 Science
Regional Trainer May 28 to June 8, 2018