Lesson Plan About Solar System
Lesson Plan About Solar System
Lesson Plan About Solar System
“Solar System”
I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, pupils are expected to:
A. Identifying the members of the solar system.
B. Arranging the planets accordingly.
C. Appreciating the importance of the planets.
III. PROCEDURE
Teacher’s Activities Pupil’s Activities
A. Preparation
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U N S
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S A L N E T P
Class, what was our lesson Sir, our lesson yesterday was about
yesterday? __________.
D. Motivation
E. Unlocking of
Difficulties
G. Comprehension
Check-Up
What composed of Solar Solar System is composed of the sun and all
system? the objects that orbit around it.
How many planets are there There are eight planets in our solar system.
in our solar system?
What are these two groups? These two groups are the inner planets and
outer planets.
What planets belong to outer The outer planets are the Jupiter, Saturn,
planets? Uranus and Neptune.
H. Discussion
The Composition of
the Solar System
Sun
Planets
Comets
Satellites
Minor planets
Meteoroids
Interplanetary Medium
VENUS
Second planet is Venus.
o Venus does not have any moons or
rings.
o Venus is nearly as big as the Earth with
a diameter of 12,104 km.
o Venus is thought to be made up of a
central iron core, rocky mantle and
silicate crust.
o A day on the surface of Venus (solar
day) would appear to take 117 Earth
days.
o A year on Venus takes 225 Earth days.
o Venus is often called the Earth’s sister
planet.
o Venus is also known as the Morning
Star and the Evening Star because it is
the brightest planet.
o Venus is the hottest planet in our solar
system.
EARTH
Third planet is Earth. o The Earth was once believed to be the
centre of the universe.
o Earth is the only planet not named after
a god.
o 70% of the Earth’s surface is covered
in water.
o The Earth is the densest planet in the
Solar System.
o Earth is the only known planet to
support life.
o It has 1 moon.
Next planet is Jupiter. o The planet Jupiter is the fifth planet out
from the Sun, and is two and a half
times more massive than all the other
planets in the solar system combined.
o It is made primarily of gases and is
therefore known as a “gas giant”.
o Jupiter has 79 moons, it also has the
largest moon in the solar system
named GANYMEDE.
o It has four rings.
o Jupiter is the fourth brightest object in
the solar system.
I. Generalization
Yes, ________! Solar System is the sun and all the objects
that orbit around it.
Very good! And what are Sir, the solar system is composed of sun,
these objects that composed planets, comets, satellites, minor planets,
the solar system? meteoroids and planetary medium!
Very good! Now, who can Sir, the planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth,
enumerate the planets Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune!
according to its distance from
the sun?
Correct! Now class, imagine, Sir, if there are no planets, then we won’t be
what happens if there are no alive today because we live in one of the
planets in the solar system? planets in the solar system which is the Earth.
Yes, exactly!
J. Exercise/Fixing Skills
Group Activity
VII. Agreement
Back to your previous groups during the exercise, draw the solar system on a
short bond paper.