Faults and Plate Boundaries

Type: Mini-lesson

Theme: Modeling

Grades: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Learning Target: Students will learn the difference between faults and plate boundaries by building them using various tools.

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Use OpenSCAD, Desmos, or another animation tool to develop an animated diagram of one of the three main fault types or the three main types of plate boundaries. Students may modify the code from the examples below.

  1. Faults: normal, thrust, strike-slip 
  2. Plate Boundaries: divergent, convergent, and transform

What to Submit

  • Code or link

OpenSCAD Code

module crust(){//creates crustal section
color("Peru",0.7)
difference(){
cube([10,10,1],center=true);
translate([-5,0,1])rotate([0,45,0])cube([2,11,2],center=true);
}
}
translate([4.6,-$t*3,0])
crust();
translate([-4.6,$t*3,0])rotate([0,180,0])
crust();

Desmos Model

  • I can model with mathematics.
  • Cause and Effect
Updated on
2021-10-24 21:03:12
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David Zelenka
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