LESSON PLAN

I. OBJECTIVE
a) Identify the main components of the Solar System.
b) Represent the major components of the Solar System through ball hunting
activity.
c) Strengthen faith through appreciation to all the creation of God.

II. SUBJECT MATTER

a) Topic : Solar System
b) Materials : laptop, projector, powerpoint presentation, balls, pictures of
planets
and other components of the Solar System, box, manila papers,
strips of papers and table cloth
c) References : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_System
https://www.nasa.gov/sun
https://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-comets-meteors-and-
asteroids/
https://inspirationseek.com/solar-system/
d) Values : Appreciation

III. PROCEDURE
a) Daily Routine

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY PUPILS’ ACTIVITY

(a) Daily Routine
 Prayer The pupils will pray.
Let us all stand and pray “Dear God __________. Amen. “

 Greetings

Good morning, children. Good morning, teacher.

Before you take your seats, kindly

arrange your chairs and pick some trashes
under it if there’s any.
 You may now take your seats. Thank you, teacher.

 Checking of Attendance
Anna please count all the girls.
Okay, teacher.
Franco please count all the boys.
(Chosen pupils will count)

Is everybody present?
Yes, teacher.

 Health Inspection
(Pupils will put their hands on top of
Tuesday : Checking of nails their desks.)

b) Drill :
Treasure Box
Direction: Rearrange the jumbled words in the box to make meaningful words or phrases, then
correctly place it in the pictures shown in the board.

ATSREODI TENALP REAHT REOTEM

HET NSU SEVUN

 c) Review

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY PUPILS’ ACTIVITY

What was our previous lesson? Constellations, teacher.

Very good, children.

Constellation is a group of stars.
What is a constellation?

Very good!

d) Lesson Proper
1) Motivation :
Solar System Dance Video
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=solar+system+dance+video+stories&&view=detail&
mid=BCF3456E513895D1ED9FBCF3456E513895D

Motive Question:
If ever you would become an astronaut, what planet would you like to explore
and why?

2) Activity :
Ball Hunting: The students will find the different balls hidden in the classroom which
represent the planets in our solar system. Afterwards, they will place them in front
according to their proper sequence.

Then, the students will share their thought about these questions:
a. What are the facts that you know about these planets?
b. How are they similar and different to each other?

3) Presentation and Analysis

What is Solar System?

The solar system is a collection of heavenly bodies consisting of a star called the Sun and all
the objects that are bound by the force of gravity.
Our solar system consists of the Sun, the planets and all space objects circulating around it.
The planets that make up our solar system are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn,
Uranus, Neptune and the three dwarf planets (Ceres, Pluto, and Eris and their four known
moons). While other celestial objects, namely: satellite, meteoroids, asteroids and comets.
The SUN

The Sun is a perfectly ordinary star -- a great, glowing ball of gas. In its core, it fuses hydrogen
into helium, as all stars do for the majority of their lives, in order to generate enough pressure
to avoid collapsing under its own gravity. The Sun is by far the largest object in the solar
system.

The PLANETS

Planet Order from the Sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and
Neptune

Mercury is the smallest planet in our solar system. It’s just a little bigger than Earth’s moon.
It is the closest planet to the sun, but it’s actually not the hottest. A year in Mercury is 88
days, yet a Mercury day is 176 Earth days.
Venus is the second planet from the sun. Venus orbits the Sun every 224.7 Earth days. With a
rotation period of 243 Earth days, it takes longer to rotate about its axis than any planet in the
Solar System and goes in the opposite direction to all but Uranus. Venus does not have any
natural satellites, a distinction it shares only with Mercury among planets in the Solar System.
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life.
Earth orbits around the Sun in 365.26 days, a period known as an Earth year. During this
time, Earth rotates about its axis about 366.26 times. Earth's axis of rotation is tilted with
respect to its orbital plane, producing seasons on Earth. Earth is the densest planet in the
Solar System and the largest and most massive of the four terrestrial planets.
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System
after Mercury. Mars is a cold desert world. It is half the size of Earth. Mars is sometimes
called the Red Planet. It's red because of rusty iron in the ground. Like Earth, Mars has
seasons, polar ice caps, volcanoes, canyons, and weather. It has a very thin atmosphere made
of carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and argon.

Jupiter is the fourth brightest object in the sky (after the Sun, the Moon and Venus). It has
been known since prehistoric times as a bright "wandering star". But in 1610 when Galileo
first pointed a telescope at the sky he discovered Jupiter's four large moons Io, Europa,
Ganymede and Callisto (now known as the Galilean moons) and recorded their motions back
and forth around Jupiter.

Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest in the Solar System, after
Jupiter. It is a gas giant with an average radius about nine times that of Earth. It has only one-
eighth the average density of Earth; however, with its larger volume, Saturn is over 95 times
more massive.
Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It has the third-largest planetary radius and
fourth-largest planetary mass in the Solar System. The interior of Uranus is mainly composed
of ices and rock.

Neptune is the eighth and farthest known planet from the Sun in the Solar System. Neptune
has 14 moons, only two of which were discovered before Voyager 2’s visit in 1989, and a
system of rings, which were unconfirmed before Voyager.

Pluto is now considered to be a large dwarf planet after it was demoted from fully-fledged
planetary status not too long ago. The planets, are further subdivided into the terrestrial
planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Earth) and the Jovian planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus,
and Neptune). The latter are gas giants that have no solid surface.

The Moons

Some planets in our solar system have one or more moons. A moon is a natural satellite of a
planet. You see our moon almost every clear night, but Earth is anything but special.
Terrestrial planets have few, if any moons, while the Jovian planets have scores of them.

The planets in our solar system that have moons include:

 Earth, with one moon.

 Mars, with two moons.
 Jupiter, which has at least 50 known moons with 17 more awaiting confirmation.
 Saturn has 53 known ones and 9 more in confirmation limbo.
 Uranus can count on 27 moons.
 Neptune has 13 of them.
 Mercury and Venus, which have no moons.

Asteroids, Comets, Meteoroids

An asteroid is a minor planet that's made up of metal and/or rock. Most asteroids are located
in the asteroid belt that loops between Mars and Jupiter. Asteroids are mostly made of rock.
Asteroids are found in the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter. Ceres is the largest
asteroid and is about 950 km wide.

Comets are mostly made of ice. They are very old. As comets travel close to the Sun, some
of the ice melts off and becomes a gas. This melting process causes bits of dust and debris to
trail behind the comet. This tail can be seen in the night sky as a bright, quickly-moving light.
Sometimes asteroids collide or crash into one another. When this happens, thousands of little
pieces chip off the asteroids. These little pieces are called meteors. The meteors travel
through space and occasionally become caught by a planet’s gravitational pull. Meteors enter
the Earth’s atmosphere every day. Most of them burn up, but if they land on Earth, they are
called meteorites.

BELTS

Kuiper belt, flat ring of icy small bodies that revolve around the Sun beyond the orbit of the
planet Neptune. It comprises hundreds of millions of objects whose orbits lie close to the
plane of the solar system. The Kuiper belt is thought to be the source of most of the observed
short-period comets.

The Oort cloud, or Öpik–Oort cloud, is a cloud of comets and other objects. Astronomers
believe it is way beyond the orbits of Pluto and the Kuiper belt. The Oort cloud is believed to
be the source of long-period comets in the Solar System.

4) Abstraction
Questions:
1. How significant for you to know the solar system and its
components?
2. Why planets are divided into two groups?
3. What is the importance of having meteorites, asteroids, and
comets in the solar system?
4. Where is the main asteroid belt in the Solar System?

5) Application

DEBATE
Do you think God created the solar system?

Rubrics:
Knowledge : 40%
Audience impact : 10%
Presentation : 50%
Total : 100%

e) Generalization :

 Our Solar System is an amazing place.

  Not only is it home to eight planets, it also hold several dwarf planets, hundreds of
moons, and thousands of stars and asteroids.
 The eight planets in our Solar System are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn,
Uranus, and Neptune. These planets orbit the Sun.

f) Valuing: Appreciation of God’s creation.

Be Grateful And Count Your Blessings

Gratitude is the pathway to happiness and success in life. The more we’re grateful for the
things we have, no matter how little they might be, the happier and sated we’ll be in life.
Why do we have to wait until something is taken from us to appreciate it in the here and
now? Learn to be grateful and count your blessings, because tomorrow it might all be gone.

IV. Assignment

RESEARCH: Why Earth is the only known planet where life exist?