Shoebox Faulting

• The props used in this can be borrowed from the Kathy Hill at the Kern County Superintendant of Schools.  Alternatively instructions for creating your own set are included in the documentation below.
• Background Information
  • Basic information about fault types
• Lesson Plans
  • California standards for 6^th and high school, vocabulary and an activity simulating faulting actions
• Student Handouts
  • Questions and instruction sheets
• Shoebox Faulting Answer Key
• videos
• [youtube AHo9c9ZPLLk]  This video demonstrates the how to construct the sand box model of a normal fault (one that forms in tension). 

   

   

   

   

  [youtube Elp6sPlzQyM] This video demonstrates how to construct  a sand box model of a reverse fault (one that forms in compression)