School Grade Level 8

Teacher Learning Area Science 8

Teaching Dates
September 10, 2019 – 8:30 A.M. – 9:30 A.M. Quarter 2nd Quarter
and Time

SECTION
GRADES 1 to 12
DETAILED LESSON PLAN
OBJECTIVES
Content Standards The learners demonstrate an understanding of: the relationship between faults and earthquakes.

The learners should be able to: make an emergency plan and prepare an emergency kit for use at home
Performance Standards
and in school.
The learners should be able to: demonstrate how underwater earthquakes generate tsunamis

Specifically, the learners should be able to:

Learning Competencies /
1. explain how tsunamis are generated;
Objectives
2. demonstrate how tsunamis are generated; and
3. understand how tsunamis have affected human lives.

LC Code S8ES-IIb-16

CONTENT Tsunami
LEARNING RESOURCES
References
1. Teacher's Guide pp. 86 – 87
pages
2. Learner's Materials Science Learner’s Module 8 pp. 133 - 135
pages
3. Textbook pages
4. Additional
Materials from Learning
Resource (LR) portal
Other Learning Video Presentation: Simulation of the Formation of Tsunami., How do tsunamis relate to Earthquakes,
Resources Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004 and JAPAN TSUNAMI 3_11_ You see from START to END

PROCEDURES MATERIALS

Recall active fault

An active fault is one that has moved in the past and is expected to move
again.

How did the scientists determine if the fault is active?

ELICIT
1. by checking the country’s historical records.
2. by studying the vibrations, past and present, that come from faults.
3. by observing the surroundings.

An active fault has generated earthquakes before and is capable of causing

more in the future.

In 1976, an earthquake took place in the Moro Gulf in Mindanao. Later on,
a tsunami hit nearby coastal areas.
In December 2004, a strong earthquake occurred in the Indian Ocean near
Indonesia. A tsunami soon followed.
In March 2011, a powerful earthquake took place in the Pacific Ocean near
ENGAGE
Japan. Afterward, a tsunami hit Japan.

(Integration of Araling Panlipunan lesson)

How are earthquakes related to tsunamis?

EXPLORE
Let the students perform Activity 5: Tsunami in LM pp. 133 – 135  Activity Sheet
  flat basin or laundry
Objective: After performing this activity, you should be able to: tub (batya)

1. explain how tsunamis are generated; and  water

2. infer why tsunamis do not always occur even when there is an
earthquake.  rectangular piece of
plastic panel or plywood
Procedure:
1. Put water in the container. Place the rock in the water at one end of the  rock
container.
 video presentation

2. At the other end of the container, put the plastic panel flat at the bottom
of the container.
3. You will need some help: a person to watch the surface of the water, and
another to watch the level of water by the rock. Things will happen
quickly, so make sure your assistants are alert.
4. Hold the corners of the plastic panel with your thumbs and fingertips.
Wait for the water to stop moving. Using only your fingertips, jerk the
edge of the plastic board upward.
 Guide Questions:

Q1. What was formed in the water by the sudden push of the plastic panel?

Q2. How was the water level by the rock affected by the wave?

Q3. What does the water represent? How about the rock?

Q4. What does the plastic panel represent?

Q1. What was formed in the water by the sudden push of the plastic panel?
Ans. A wave was formed by the sudden push.

Q2. How was the water level by the rock affected by the wave?
Ans. The water level went up.

Q3. What does the water represent? How about the rock?
Ans. The water represents the sea. The rock represents land.
EXPLAIN
Q4. What does the plastic panel represent?
Ans. The plastic panel represents the rocks that suddenly move along
an underwater fault.

Faults are found not only on land but also under the sea. When a fault at
the bottom of the sea suddenly moves, the water above it can be affected. A
sudden push from an underwater fault can produce a wave called a tsunami.

Present a video on the Simulation of the Formation of Tsunami.

A tsunami (soo-nah-mee) is a series of large waves of extremely long

ELABORATE Video Presentation
wavelength and period usually generated by a violent, impulsive undersea
disturbance or activity near the coast or in the ocean.
 The word tsunami is composed of the Japanese words “tsu” (harbour) and
“name” (wave).

Far from the shore, a tsunami is low, maybe just a meter high. But it
travels at the speed of a jet plane. When the tsunami reaches the shore, it
slows down but it grows in height.

Video Presentation: How do tsunamis relate to Earthquakes

How are earthquakes related to tsunamis?

When a fault suddenly moves on land, you get an earthquake. But if a fault
suddenly moves in or near a body of water, you may get a tsunami in addition
to the earthquake.

The most destructive tsunamis are generated from large, shallow

earthquakes with an epicenter or fault line near or on the ocean floor. These
usually occur in regions of the earth characterized by tectonic subduction
along tectonic plate boundaries. The sudden vertical displacements over such
large areas, disturb the ocean’s surface, displace water, and generate
destructive tsunami waves.
Not every fault movement beneath the sea will produce a tsunami. Those
faults that move in a horizontal direction or sideways will not result in a
tsunami. The fault has to move in the vertical sense.

Where and how frequently are tsunamis generated?

Most tsunamis occur in the Pacific Ocean and its marginal seas. The reason
is that the Pacific covers more than one-third of the earth’s surface and is
surrounded by a series of mountain chains, deep-ocean trenches and island
arcs called the “ring of fire” where most earthquakes occur.
Videos on tsunami

*Indonesia - Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004

*Japan - JAPAN TSUNAMI 3_11_ You see from START to END
 How can we stay safe from tsunami especially when you are near the sea?

Treat a strong earthquake as a warning signal. Run to the highest place you
can find, or if you have a vehicle, evacuate inland.

FACT OR BLUFF
1. Only earthquake can cause tsunami. - BLUFF
2. All undersea earthquakes trigger a tsunami. - BLUFF
3. In Japanese “tsunami” means killer wave. – BLUFF
4. Pacific Ocean is considered to be the most active tsunami area. – FACT
5. Tsunamis are caused by the tides. - BLUFF
6. The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami is the deadliest tsunami ever recorded. – FACT
7. A tsunami can travel as far as 1000 miles. – FACT
EVALUATE 8. A warning sign of an impending tsunami is when the seawater suddenly retreats from the
shore. – FACT
9. Japan was the largest tsunami in history recorded. – FACT
10. The energy contained in a tsunami can cause them to travel a long distance inland. - FACT
11. Tsunamis can occur in any major body of water. - FACT
12. Tsunamis move very slowly, typically around 10 miles per hour. - BLUFF
13. Tsunamis occur only in the morning. – BLUFF
14. Small tsunami waves are not dangerous. – BLUFF
15. Underwater volcanic eruptions can cause tsunami. – FACT

EXTEND
Suggest ways on how people can avoid or reduce loss of life and damage to property.
REMARKS
REFLECTION
A. No. of learners who
earned 80% on the Gymelina: ___ students / ___
formative assessment
B. No. of learners who
require additional Gymelina: ___ student/s
activities for remediation
C. Did the remedial
lessons work? No. of
Gymelina: ___ student/s / ___ student/s
learners who have caught
up with the lesson
D. No. of learners who
continue to require Gymelina: ___ student/s
remediation
E. Which of my teaching
strategies worked well?
Why did these work?
F. What difficulties did I
encounter which my
principal or supervisor can
help me solve?
G. What innovation or
localized materials did I
use/ discover which I wish
to share with other
teachers