Earth Science
Grade 8
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Earthquakes and Faults
Earthquakes and Faults
MELC (Most Essential Learning Competency): Using models or illustrations, explain how movements along faults generate earthquakes
An introductory video lesson on earthquakes
MonkeySee. (2013, February 11). What Is An Earthquake? [Video]. Youtube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcH2GP-59ro
MELC: Differentiate the: Epicenter of an earthquake from its focus; Intensity of an earthquake from its magnitude
A virtual textbook lesson on the difference between the intensity and magnitude of an earthquake
Reading: Magnitude versus Intensity. (n.d.). Lumen Learning. Retrieved from courses.lumenlearning.com/geo/chapter/reading-magnitude-versus-intensity/
MELC: Explain how earthquake waves provide information about the interior of the earth
A video lesson on studying the movement of pressure waves as they travel through the interior of the Earth
SciencePrimer. (2020, April 23). How earthquakes show us the inside of the Earth [Video]. YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c-m0-FICio
Understanding Typhoons
Understanding Typhoons
MELC: Explain how typhoon develops and how it is affected by landmasses and bodies of water
An animation on how typhoons are formed
News Direct. (2013, November 17). Animated explainer: How typhoons are formed [Video]. YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipkJn5ViZRQ
MELC: Trace the path of typhoons that enter the Philippine Area Responsibility (PAR) using a map and tracking data
Examples of previous Tropical Cyclone tracks
2020 Tropical Cyclone Tracks. (n.d.). PAGASA. Retrieved from bagong.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/information/annual-cyclone-track
Other Members of the Solar System
Other Members of the Solar System
MELC: Compare and contrast comets, meteors, and asteroids
An overview of comets and a gallery of pictures and videos
Comets. (n.d.). NASA Science Solar System Exploration. Retrieved from solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/comets/overview/
An overview of asteroids and a gallery of pictures and videos
Asteroids. (n.d.). NASA Science Solar System Exploration. Retrieved from solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/asteroids/overview/
An overview of meteors and a gallery of pictures and videos
Meteors and Meteorites. (n.d.). NASA Science Solar System Exploration. Retrieved from solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/meteors-and-meteorites/overview/
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