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Science Lesson Plan - 5E Model
Grade level: 6th Grade
Length of lesson (minutes): 55 minutes
TEKS: 6.10(D) Describe how plate tectonics causes major geological events such as earthquakes.
Objectives: Students will learn what is an earthquake, what causes an earthquake, where earthquakes occur, and the different types of plate tectonic movement (faults) and how each different type of plate tectonic movement (fault) causes geological events like an earthquake.
Materials: Pre-Cracked Hard-Boiled Eggs, Computer, and Science Notebooks
Length of lesson (minutes): 55 minutes
TEKS: 6.10(D) Describe how plate tectonics causes major geological events such as earthquakes.
Objectives: Students will learn what is an earthquake, what causes an earthquake, where earthquakes occur, and the different types of plate tectonic movement (faults) and how each different type of plate tectonic movement (fault) causes geological events like an earthquake.
Materials: Pre-Cracked Hard-Boiled Eggs, Computer, and Science Notebooks
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5-E Phases |
Teacher
What the teacher will do |
Process
Eliciting questions Formative Assessment |
Students
How will you know students have learned? Student responses |
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Engage:
5_minutes ELPS: 2e (Use Visual) |
Access prior knowledge.
Show student a video of plate tectonics and how they cause earthquakes. Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2GosNQEV60 |
“What causes earthquakes?”
“Tell me one location where earthquakes occur?” |
Participate in the engagement.
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Explore:
10_minutes ELPS: 3e (Share information in groups.) |
Divide the class into groups of four. Pass out a pre-cracked hard-boiled egg to each group.
The egg is seen as a tiny model of the Earth. The thin shell represents the Earth’s crust, divided into plates; within the shell, is the firm but slippery mantle. Have the students manipulate the pieces of shell around and observe how the shell moves in relation to plate tectonics. The students should notice how the shell buckles in some places and exposes “mantle” in other places. |
“Does the shell of the egg remind you of anything?”
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Students will record their observations individually in their science notebooks.
Students will discuss their observations within their groups. |
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Explain:
20_minutes ELPS: 3g (Narrate, describe,& explain.) |
Use interactive website to: http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/forces-of-nature.html?section=e
Explain what is an earthquake?: is a geological event when the plates of the earth’s crust move in specific directions. The ground starts to shake, causing houses to move off their foundation, uproot trees, roads ripple, and bridges collapse. Explain where do earthquakes occur?: along fractures in the Earth’s crust called faults. Most faults occur along the edges of major plates, huge slabs of rock that make up the Earth’s shells. Some earthquakes happen far from plate boundaries. These intra-plate quakes happen when stress builds up and the Earth’s crust is stretched or squeezed together until it rips. Explain what causes earthquakes?: The Earth’s plates are constantly moving and interacting in a process called plate tectonics – they push against each other, pull apart, or grind past one another. When stress builds up and is released suddenly in a great burst of seismic waves, the vibrations move through the rock, causing an earthquake. The sudden movement along the fault causes the ground to move forward and backwards, heave up and down, or shift from side to side. Explain the different types of plate tectonic movement (faults). 1) Normal Fault: plate boundaries pull apart and Earth’s crust is stretched. One side of the fault slips down. Found throughout the world (2) Reverse (Thrust) Fault: plates are colliding and one side of the fault is pushed up and over the other. (3) Strike-Slip Fault: plates meet evenly and slide against each other horizontally. San Andreas Fault in California and the North Anatolian Fault in Turkey are strike-slip faults. |
“What is an earthquake?”
“What similarities and/or differences do we see in the different types of plate tectonic movement?” |
Students will take notes in their science notebooks on what is an earthquake, where do earthquakes occur, what causes an earthquake, and the different types of faults.
Students should ask question for further explanations. |
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Elaborate:
10_minutes ELPS: 1e (Use and reuse vocabulary in speaking and writing) |
Have the students return back to their groups and reexamine their eggs and their observations.
Have the students identify if any of their observations, classify as any of the ways that plate tectonics move in relation to the vocabulary Ask the students to also draw out their plate tectonics, the directions of movement, and label which type of fault it is. Once finished, allow the students to discuss in their groups what they have learned and demonstrate how plate tectonics move |
“What might happen if (this type of fault) were in Austin? How would the plate tectonic (fault) move?”
“Would any groups like to share what they discovered in their observations?” |
Students will apply new vocabulary to observations.
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Evaluate:
10_minutes ELPS: 1e Internalize new basic and academic language in speaking & writing.) |
Have the students write a letter to an individual that lives in an earthquake prone area of the world. Students will use prior knowledge to identify what plate the individual lives on and how the plate can move in that individual’s area.
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Student will write a pretend letter.
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