I.

OBJECTIVES
A. Content Standard Seafloor Spreading
B. Performance Standard The learners should be able to use maps,
diagrams, or models, predict what could happen in
the future as the tectonic plates continue to move.
C. Learning Competencies/Objectives At the end of the session, students are expected to:
1. Explain how the movement of plates leads to the
formation of folds, faults, trenches, volcanoes, rift
valleys, and mountain ranges (S11/12ES-IIg-h-37)
II. CONTENT Earth Processes
Plate tectonics
III. LEARNING RESOURCES
A. References
1. Teacher’s Guide Pages
2. Learner’s Manual pages
3. Textbook pages Earth and Life Science by Shiela Rose D. Sia and
Leah Amor S. Cortez, Sibs Publishing House, 2016
pages 49 – 52

Earth and Life Science by Vengco, et al, Phoenix

4. Additional Materials from
Learning resource (LR)
B. Other Learning Resources
IV. PROCEDURES
A. Reviewing previous lesson or presenting
new lesson (REVIEW)
Publishing House, pages 106-113
PowerPoint presentation, video clip, marker, Manila
paper, and blocks.
Review that Earth’s crust is divided into plates,
known as tectonic plates, and these plates move
due to the convection currents in the Earth’s
interior.

Let the students relate the previous lectures on the

B. Establishing a purpose of the lesson
(MOTIVATION)
continental drift to the present lesson on the
formation of folds and faults.
.
Video clip on what to do before, during and after
natural disasters:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0YutA1xHYs

C. Presenting examples/instances of the
lesson (PRE-ACTIVITY)
D. Discussing new concepts and practicing
new skills (ACTIVITY PROPER)
Ask the students to share their ideas about the
following:
1. Convergent Boundary
2. Divergent Boundary
3. Transform Fault Boundary
To get acquainted with the terms and types of folds,
do the following activity. Form a group consisting of

E. Discussing new concepts and practicing
new skills (DEEPENING)
four members You will need four big blocks of
modeling clay of different colors.
Procedure
1. Flatten each modeling clay
separately. The ideal dimension is
15cm x 10cm x 0.5cm.
2. Put each layer together to form
strata. Trim the edges to make the
layers rectangular. These
represent the different layers of
sedimentary rocks. Represent the
lowest stratum as the oldest and
the highest stratum as the
youngest.
3. Hold the strata horizontally. Apply
equal forces to each end. The fold
arching upward is called an
anticline while the fold arching
downwards is referred to as
syncline.
4. Flatten the strata until you form the
original structure.
5. Apply force underneath the strata.
Use two fingers to push up at the
center of the model. Wrap the
layers downward around your
fingers to form a structure-like
dome.
6. Repeat step 5, but instead of
applying the force underneath,
apply force at the top. You have
formed a basin
7. Flatten the strata again. This time,
apply unequal forces in different
directions. If unequal forces are
applied, a leaning fold is formed. If
the force is acting toward the front
or back of the fold, a plunging fold
occurs.
Analysis of Theories, Concepts and Principles
1. What are the basic assumptions of
the continental drift? Give
evidences to support eh
continental drift hypothesis?

F. Developing mastery (POST ACTIVITY)
2. What are the major types of plate
boundaries? Describe their
distinguishing features.
3. Suppose horizontal compressional
forces are acting on two plates,
describe what will happen. You
may illustrate.
Performance

Refer to the present globe as reference and the

illustration to be given by the teacher on how the
world may look 50 million years from now. Describe
what will likely happen.
G. Finding Practical applications of concepts, Using the resources from the Philippine Institute of
skills in daily living (APPLICATION) Volcanology and Seismology, find out if you live in
an area where there is a fault.

H. Making generalizations and abstractions
about the lesson (GENERALIZATION)
Based on the objectives stated previously, ask the
following questions:
1. State the difference between folds and
faults
2. Discuss the formation of folds and faults
3. Illustrate the formation of folds and faults
based on different plate movement.

I. Evaluating Learning Multiple Choice Question: Choose the best answer.

Which of the following types of boundaries are
colliding plates found? SINGLE ANSWER
a) convergent
b) divergent
c) transform
d) strike-slip
What type of boundary is associated with plates
that slide past each other? SINGLE ANSWER
a) convergent
b) divergent
c) strike-slip
d) transform
What type of stress is present between two plates
that move away from each other? SINGLE
ANSWER
a) compressional
b) shear
c) dip-stress
d) tensional
In which of the following conditions do blocks of
rock break?
a) when pressure is lesser than the rock’s
internal strength
b) when pressure exceeds the rock’s internal
strength
c) when the atmosphere exceeds the rock’s
internal strength
d) when the rock’s internal strength exceeds
the atmosphere
Which of the following best describes the type of
movement that happens in a joint? SINGLE
ANSWER
a) A fracture where there is no considerable
movement.
b) A fracture where there is considerable
movement.
c) A fold where there is a little or no
considerable movement.
d) A fold where there is considerable
movement.
Which of the following will form a reverse fault?
a) compressional stress associated with
separating plates
b) compressional stress associated with
colliding plates
c) tensional stress associated with separating
plates
d) tensional stress associated with colliding
plates
Which of the following best describe why blocks of
rock deeper in the Earth’s crust deform by folding
instead of breaking when subjected to
compressional and tensional stresses?
MULTIPLE CHOICE
a) the temperature and pressure deeper in
the Earth’s crust are higher
b) the temperature and pressure deeper in
the Earth’s crust are lower
c) the rocks deeper in the Earth’s crust are
stronger
d) the rocks deeper in the Earth’s crust are
plastic-like
You have learned that your house is built on a
hanging wall. After an earthquake, you noticed that
your house moved slightly lower to the ground.
 In what type of plate boundary and fault is your
house most probably built on?
a) convergent boundary, normal fault
b) convergent boundary, reverse fault
c) divergent boundary, normal fault
d) divergent boundary, reverse fault
You have learned that your house is built on a
hanging wall. After an earthquake, you noticed that
your house moved slightly lower to the ground.
In what type of plate boundary and fault is your
house most probably built on?
a) convergent boundary, normal fault
b) convergent boundary, reverse fault
c) divergent boundary, normal fault
d) divergent boundary, reverse fault
In your class, you were shown a “before-and-after”
picture of a wall of rock. The wall of rock became
folded and thicker in the “after” picture.
Which of the following best describes the condition
that made the wall of rock folded and thicker?
a) The wall of rock was exposed to high
temperature and experienced compressional
stress.
b) The wall of rock was exposed to high
temperature and experienced tensional stress.
c) The wall of rock was exposed to low
temperature and experienced compressional
stress.
d) The wall of rock was exposed to low
temperature and experienced tensional stress.

J. Additional activities for application or Make a 3-d presentation of Plate tectonics

remediation (REMEDIAL)