DETAILED LESSON PLAN

EARTHQUAKES AND FAULTS

1.1 ACTIVE AND INACTIVE FAULTS
I. OBJECTIVES:
After the lesson, the learners should be able to:
1. Define and Differentiate an active from an inactive Fault;
2. Manipulate a fault block model for better understanding;
3. Realize the importance of the relationship between faults and earthquakes.

II. LEARNING CONTENT:

A. Topic: Earthquake and Faults

B. Content Standard:
Students will understand the definition of active and inactive faults.

C. Performance Standard:
The learners should be able to realize how to differentiate between active and
inactive faults.

D. Learning Competencies:
The learners should be able to manipulate the fault block model to differentiate
between active and inactive faults. (S8ES-IIa-14)

III. LEARNING RESOURCES:

A. Materials
Science 8 Teacher’s Guide, pp. 72-77
Learning Material for Grade 8
Earth Science Textbook pp. 116-119.
PowerPoint slides, YouTube lecture videos, Laptop, Projector, Reading MateriaL,
Manila paper, pentel pen

B. References
https://youtu.be/gNmcDmVmVuo?si=O5bPm7FnE6bsse8o
https://www.studocu.com/ph/document/marinduque-state-college/bachelor-
of-science-in-information-systems/active-and-inactive-fault/63827705
https://studylib.net/doc/26136187/belingon-and-alsola-lesson-plan--
earthquake-and-faults
https://www.scribd.com/document/446139361/7E-Lesson-PlanACTIVE-
FAULTS-P6xy

IV. PROCEDURES:
TEACHER’S ACTIVITY
Opening Prayer
Check Classroom monitor please check the attendance of your classmates. Thank
Attendance you!
Review: Ask the following queries to the students:

1. What do you know about Fault lines?

2. How will you differentiate an active from an inactive fault?
A. Elicit Show Me Your Emoji!

Show if the statement is true and if it is

false.

1. A strike-slip fault occurs when rocks move horizontally

or slide past each other.
2. A normal fault forms when compressional stress pulls
rocks apart.
3. A reverse fault forms under a compressional force.
4. The famous San Andreas fault is a right lateral strike-
slip fault.
5. When movement occurs along a normal fault, the
hanging wall slips upward.
Show Me Your Emoji!

Draw Heart-shaped and heartbroken on a separate sheet of pad paper.

Raise the heart-shaped if the statement is true and Heartbroken if it is
false.

1. A strike-slip fault occurs when rocks move horizontally or slide past each
other.
2. A normal fault forms when compressional stress pulls rocks apart.
3. A reverse fault forms under a compressional force.
4. The famous San Andreas fault is a right-lateral strike-slip fault.
5. When movement occurs along a normal fault, the hanging wall slips
upward.

B. Engage Exercise #1
Watch and Learn
Let the learners sit back and play a video about the Active and inactive
Faults. Remind them to take note of the keywords from the video and will
ask follow-up questions after the video clip.

1. What are the key visual characteristics that help identify an active
fault?
2. How can you distinguish between active and inactive faults based
on the information provided in the video?
3. Were specific examples of active and inactive faults given in the
video?
4. Can you recall any details about the locations or characteristics of
these faults?
5. Explain the connection between the movement of tectonic plates
and the occurrence of active faults, as presented in the video.
 Exercise #2
SCRAMBLED WORDS

Scramble the following letters that describe the fault line then at the end of
the game present the letters and let them guess what connects them.
RIFT, BREAK, ACTIVE, INACTIVE, FAULT, GEOLOGICAL FAULT,
SPLIT.

The teacher asks these questions:

1. Who got the most answers?
2. What are the significance of those words?
3. What word will you come up with using those words that you’ve
guessed?

These words that they guessed are all connected to Fault lines. Our lesson
would focus on Active and Inactive Faults. Before we tackle Faults, we
have to understand first what is and Earthquake and why is it connected to
faults.

The structure that we anticipate experiencing movement is known as an

active fault. All shallow earthquakes happen on active faults by definition,
since a shallow earthquake is a process that causes displacement across a
fault. There are identifiable faults that are dormant and do not experience
earthquake activity.

An earthquake can occur anywhere on the earth but most of the time it
occurs near the tectonic plates that have active faults.
An active fault is a fault that has slipped during the present seismotectonic
regime and is therefore likely to have renewed displacement in the future. It
has moved in the past and is expected to move again.
An inactive fault is a seismic structure that has not seen or experienced
any earthquake activity in the past millions of years.

C. Explore ACTIVITY #1
Active & Inactive Faults

Objectives: After doing this activity, you should be able to differentiate

active faults from inactive faults.

Directions: Study the table below showing the list of faults found here in the
Philippines and Columbia with their location and records of seismic
activities.
Table 1: List of Faults in the Philippines and Columbia

Guide Questions:
1. Which faults have records of seismic activity for the past 10,000 years?
2. Which faults have no records of seismic activity for the past 10,000
years?
3. How will you classify faults that have records of seismic activities and
earthquakes for the past thousand years?
4. How will you classify faults that have no records of seismic activities and
earthquakes for the past thousand years?
5. Based on the given data, which faults can be considered active? Why?
6. Based on the given data, which faults can be considered inactive? Why?
7. In your own words, differentiate between active and inactive faults.

Activity #2:
Active and Inactive Fault: What is the Difference?
The teacher will provide a copy of reading material. They will
differentiate active and inactive fault using a Venn Diagram

The teacher will provide a copy of the reading

material. They will differentiate active and
inactive faults using a Venn Diagram. Write it
on a manila paper and present it in class.

INACTIVE ACTIVE
 Active and Inactive Faults

Active faults are areas along which displacement is expected to occur.

Since a shallow earthquake produces displacement across a fault, all
shallow earthquakes occur on active faults. These are considered to be
geologic hazards.

Inactive faults are areas that can be identified but do not have earthquakes.

D. Explain Based on the activities and exercise that has been done, answer the
following questions:
.What is the main difference between active and inactive
fault.
2. How important it is to be knowledgeable about the
different locations of active faults especially when
building infrastructures? Explain.

1. What is the main difference between active and inactive faults?

2. What characteristics or features are unique to active fault lines?
3. What features are exclusive to inactive fault lines?
4. Which features are common to both active and inactive fault lines?
5. How important it is to be knowledgeable about the different
locations of active faults especially when building infrastructures?
Explain.
.What is the main difference between active and inactive
fault.
2. How important it is to be knowledgeable about the
different locations of active faults especially when
building infrastructures? Explain.

E. Elaborate Analyze the table below. The following are the distinctive features between
active and inactive faults. Which do you think describes an active and
inactive fault? Explain what number you have chosen.
________________________________________________________
A
Shows seismic activity over 100,000 years
Most part of the upper lithosphere experience shaking more often.
________________________________________________________
B
Shows no seismic activity at longer years
Younger rocks are affected by seismic activity.
 1. A is active fault while B is inactive fault.
2. B is active fault while A is inactive fault.
3. A is both active and inactive fault.
4. B is both active and inactive fault.

1. What defines an active fault, and how is it distinguished from an

inactive fault in terms of geological activity?
2. Can a fault exhibit both active and inactive characteristics
simultaneously, and if so, what factors contribute to this dual
classification?
3. How does the alignment of topographic features along an active
fault line differ from that along an inactive fault line?

F. Evaluate Analyze the picture.

How will you identify active from inactive faults based on the
picture?
Using the Faults Block model, manipulate and differentiate the active to
inactive faults. Manipulating a faults block model to demonstrate the
concepts of active and inactive faults.

1. How will you identify active from inactive faults based on the fault
block model?
2. What changes did you observe when manipulating the block model
to simulate an active fault?
3. How does the movement of blocks on either side of an active fault
contribute to the model's deformation?
4. Are there specific features that help differentiate between active
and inactive faults in the block model?
5. How does this hands-on experience relate to the broader concept of
earthquake
G. Extend Research the land features that can be formed in the normal fault, reverse
fault, and strike-slip fault. Write it on a ½ piece of paper.
V. REMARKS
VI.
REFLECTION
No. of learners
who earn 80%
in the
evaluation
No. of learners
who require
additional
activities for
remediation
who scored
below 80%
Did the
remedial lesson
work? No. of
learners who
have caught up
with the lesson.
Number of
learners who
continue to
require
mediation
Which of my
teaching
strategies
works well?
Why did this
work?
What difficulties
did I encounter
that my
principal or
supervisor can
help me solve?
What
innovation or
localized
materials did I
use/discover
that I wish to
share with other
teachers?

MICHA ELLA E. ENRIQUEZ

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