SCRIPT FOR PLATES LESSON

Scene 1: Welcome.
Teacher: Good Day Grade 10 Learners! /Welcome back to school! /I hope you
will have fun and enjoy this school year 2020 - 2021 with this new
normal way of learning.

Scene 2: Introduction
Teacher: I am Teacher Maricris and I will be your teacher in Science 10 for
today.
For the first quarter we will learn about Plate Tectonics.
(Show the word Plate Tectonics )

Scene 3: Competency & Objective

Teacher: To start with our lesson, we will first state our Learning Competency
and objectives.
(Show the Competency and Objectives)
Teacher: For our Competency: “Describe and relate the distribution of active
volcanoes, earthquake epicenters and major mountain belts to Plate
Tectonic Theory” and at the end of this lesson, you should be able to
(1.) Identify and search out from the map the major and minor
tectonic
plates of the world; and (2) Classify the tectonic plates as oceanic or
continental.

Scene 4: Plate Tectonics

Teacher: Now, what is Plate Tectonics? Can you read with me? (Display the
word
Plate Tectonics with description)
“Plate Tectonics is a theory which suggests that the Earth’s crust is
made up of plates that interact in various ways, thus producing
earthquakes, mountains, volcanoes, and other geologic features.”

Scene 5: Lithosphere
Teacher: This time, Let me present to you the Earth’s lithosphere which
consists
of layers, the crust and the upper part of
the mantle.
(Show the crust at the same time as
the teacher says the statement.)

The teacher is out of the screen but the picture remains. (Voice over)
There are two kinds of crust: the thicker but less dense continental crust and
the oceanic crust which is relatively thinner but denser than continental crust.
The continental crust is composed primarily of granite while the oceanic crust
is composed primarily of basalt.

Scene 6: Recall crusts

Teacher: Again what are the types of crust? (pause for thinking….)
Right! The continental crust and the Oceanic crust.

Scene 6: Map of Plate boundaries.

Teacher: You have here a map of Plate Boundaries.
(Present a map of plate boundaries.)

Teacher: Look at the map. What have you observed on the lines on the map?
There are distinct lines which separate one from the other. This map
shows the lithosphere of the earth. According to the plate tectonics
model, the entire lithosphere of the Earth is broken into numerous
segments called plates. Each plate is slowly but continuously moving.

Scene 7: Major and minor plates

Teacher: As you can observe on the map, there are relatively large segments
called major plates and smaller segments called minor plates.
(With the map still on the screen, Flash the words MAJOR PLATES and
MINOR PLATES with description at the same time as the teacher says the
statement.)
Scene 8 : Sample plates
(With the map still on the screen)
Teacher: From the map, can you identify the major plates? An example is
the Eurasian Plate. (Point the Eurasian plate)
How about the minor plates? Example is the Philippine plate. (Point
the Philippine plate)

Scene 9: African
Teacher: How about the African plate? Is it a major or minor plate? (Point the
African plate on the map) Pause...thinking time….(5 sec)
Teacher: Right! African plate is a major plate.
Next, the Cocos plate, is it a major or minor plate? (Point Cocos
plate) Pause….thinking time…..(5 sec)
Teacher: Very good! It is a minor plate.

Scene 10 : answering….
Teacher: Now it’s your time to answer. Identify the other plates on the map as
to Major or Minor plate. You are given 5 minutes to answer. (Show
the map and the table) Thinking time….5 minutes….
MAJOR PLATES MINOR PLATES
Eurasian Plate Philippine Plate
African Plate Cocos Plate 
   
   
   
   
   

Scene 10: Processing

Teacher: Time’s up! Can you now complete the table?

(The map and the table are still on the screen. Fill up the table one by
one)
 MAJOR PLATES MINOR PLATES
Eurasian Plate Philippine Plate
African Plate Cocos Plate 
Antarctic Plate   Arabian Plate
 Australian Plate  Caribbean Plate
 North American Plate  Indian Plate
 South American Plate  Juan de Fuca Plate
 Pacific Plate  Nazca Plate
Scotia

Scene 11: Correct answer

Teacher: Did you get the correct answer? Very Good! Just remember that a
major plate is a large segment while the minor plate is a smaller
segment.

Segment 12: Continental and oceanic plates

Teacher: Aside from the major and minor plates, these plates are also
categorized as Continental Plates and Oceanic Plates.
The Continental Plates are plates that underlie the continents, while
the Oceanic Plates are plates that lie beneath the oceans.
(Flash the words CONTINENTAL PLATES and OCEANIC PLATES with
Description at the same time as the teacher says the statement)

Segment 13: Eurasian plate as continental plate (Map is on the screen)

Teacher: Is the Eurasian plate a Continental or Oceanic Plate?
Right! It’s a Continental plate.
How about the Cocos plate? Yes! An Oceanic plate.

Scene 14: From the list (Map and the table are on the screen)
Teacher: From your list of plates, identify the plates as Continental
 plate or Oceanic plate by completing the table.

(Show the table and the map) Thinking time 5minutes…..

Continental Plates Oceanic Plates

Eurasian Plate  Cocos Plate
   
   
   
   
   
   

Scene 14: Processing….

Teacher: Now, can you identify the plates as oceanic or continental? We will see
if your answers are correct. (Present the table with answer)

Scene 15: Did you get it?

Teacher: Did you get it right? Very good! So now you are familiar with major
and minor plates as well as continental and oceanic plates.

Scene 16: Philippine plate

(Show the map concentrating the Philippine plate)
Teacher: Looking back at the map, in what specific type of tectonic plate the
Philippines is located? Is it Continental? or Oceanic?
Yes! You got it! It is an Oceanic plate and it is one of the minor
plates.
What major tectonic plates are found around the Philippines?
Correct! The Eurasian plate, Pacific plate and the Australian plate
surround the Philippine plate.
(Point on the map the 3 stated plates)
Scene 17: Sum up
Teacher:
(Voice over)
Teacher: To sum up our lesson, today we learned that:
1. Plate tectonics is a theory that the Earth’s crust is made up of plates
which constantly move over the asthenosphere.
2. The entire lithosphere of the Earth is broken into numerous segments
called plates.
3. Plates are large pieces of the upper few hundred kilometers of the
Earth that move as a single unit as it floats above the mantle.
4. The major plates are the relatively large segments.
The minor plates are the smaller segments.
5. The Continental Plates are plates that underlie the continents.
The Oceanic Plates are plates that lie beneath the oceans.
6. The occurrence of earthquakes and volcanoes is NOT random. Most
are confined along narrow zones, which coincides with the plate
boundaries.
7. Plate boundaries are places where the edges of the adjacent plate
meet.
8. The plates are in constant motion. As they interact along their
margins, important geological processes take place, such as the
formation of mountain belts, earthquakes and volcanoes.

(Each concept must be presented as the teacher reads each one. For the
plates, the map must be presented)

Teacher: Knowing the different types of tectonic plates/ help us

understand/ how and where/these plates are located/ as we look
at the present map of today./ The places on earth where most of the
earthquakes originated/ or some mountains and volcanoes were
formed/ mark the boundaries of each lithospheric plate./ Each plate
is slowly moving relative to each other,/ causing geologic events to
happen along their boundaries.

Teacher: Well,/ that’s all for today!/ I hope you have learned something./
Thank you for your cooperation./ This is Teacher Maricris saying/
Good Day everyone!