A Semi-Detailed Lesson Plan in Science V:

Planets in the Solar System

Posted on April 27, 2011 by pal15
Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region I
Division of City Schools
Vigan City
BURGOS MEMORIAL SCHOOL WEST

I. Objective
1. Identify the Planets in the Solar System.
2. Enumerate the planets according to their distance.
3. Show care of our planet earth.
II. A.Identifying the Planets of the Solar System
B. References:
http://www.takdangaralin.com/science/earth-science/the-sun-the-moon-and-the-stars/
http://www.youtube.com

III. Strategies
A. Review
The pupils will identify the pictures of other members of the solar system that the teacher will show and tell something
about the picture.

SUN
MOON

STARS

ASTEROIDS

COMETS
B. Motivation
Let the pupils view a song about the planets and afterwards let them follow the song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbgnF7373oY
Ask the pupils: If you were given a chance to go to outer space, where will it be? Why?
C. Lesson Proper
A. Pre-viewing question:
The teacher will give a pre-viewing question before they will view the planets in the solar system.
1. Identify the planets in the solar system.
2. Enumerate the planets in the solar system according to their distance.
3. What planet do you like most?
4. How can you show care on our planet earth?
B. Viewing Proper
Let the teacher ask the standards in viewing like:
1. Sit properly.
2. Listen and watch carefully on the video.
3. Take note of the following important words.
The pupil will view the planets in the solar system.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdAMeINAh8I&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux5iEix2y4E&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ETwG8X54MA&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbgnF7373oY
C. Post-Viewing Question
The pupils will answer the pre-viewing question.
1. Identify the planets of the solar system.
2. Enumerate the planets in the solar system according to their distance.
2. What planet do you like most?
3. How can you show care on our planet earth?
The teacher will discuss each of the planet in the solar system.
http://www.takdangaralin.com/science/earth-science/the-solar-system/
The teacher will share an acrostic so that the pupils will easily memorize the nine planets in the solar system.
M- Mang (Mercury)
V- Victor( Venus)
E-Enjoy(Earth)
M-Mag- (Mars)
J-Jogging(Jupiter)
S- Sa (Saturn)
U-Umaga (Uranus)
N-Nang (Neptune)
P-Pumayat (Pluto)

D. Generalization:
1. What is a solar system?
2. What are different planets in the solar system?
3. Enumerate the planets in the solar system according to their distance.
3. Give ways on how to protect our solar system.

E. Application
The pupil will get a picture of a planet and identify what planet is that.
Example: The pupil pick out this picture, the pupil will identify this picture.
IV.EVALUATION
The pupils will answer the crossword puzzle
http://homeschooling.about.com/od/freeprintables/ss/solarsysprint_3.htm

V.Assignment
Research an additional information all about solar system using the internet and share to the class. You may use this
following references:
Detailed Lesson Plan in Science V
I. Objectives
At the end of the lesson, 95% of the pupils are expected to:
A. Identify the members of the solar system.
B. Describe each members of the solar system.
C. Illustrate through a diagram how the members of the solar system revolve around the sun
in the same direction as they follow their own orbit.

II. Subject Matter: Solar System

Materials: video clips, power points, charts
Values integration: Taking care of the planet earth.

III. Procedure
Teacher's activity
A. Daily Routine
Cleaning the classroom
Prayer
Checking the Attendance
B. Review
What was our last topic last week? ans. "Sir, our last topic last week is all about the relating
weather to our daily lives activities".
Very Good!!
C. Hook or Gaining Attention
Class I will group you into two groups boys versus girls, you will arrange the picture that I
will give to you. Is it clear?
ans. "Yes sir!"
Can you identify the pictures? ans. "Yes sir that is planets!!"
D. Presentation
Our topic this afternoon is all about the solar system. Now I want you to watch a video clips
for you to understand more, how the heavenly bodies in the solar system move or form, then
while you are watching I want you to jot down all about the important details about the solar
system. Understand? ans. "Yes Sir!!"

E. Discussion
Children, what have we watch about? ans. "Its all about solar system sir!!" "planets sir!"
Very good!!! So Solar System is composed of the sun together with the eight known major
planets and other celestial bodies that orbit around the Sun.
What heavenly bodies is this? ans. "That is the sun sir"
What can you say about the sun? ans. "Sun is the center of solar system"
Ok. Sun is a star with has a mean distance from the earth of about 92 million miles, a
diameter of approximately 864,000 miles, and a mass about 333,000. It sustain life on Earth
being the source of light and heat.
What are these? ans. "that is planet sir"
What are planets? ans. "planets are roughly spherical in shapes."
Very Good!!!
A planet is a non-luminous celestial body shining by reflected light. In the solar system there
are eight known major planets: mercury, venus, earth, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune
and pluto is reclassified as a dwarf planet.
What are these? ans. "that is asteroids sir"
Where can we find asteroids? ans. "Sir, between the mars and jupiter"
An asteroids is any of the numerous small celestial bodies with approximately diameter
between 1.6 km with orbits lying between the Mars and Jupiter. An asteroids is also called
planetoid.

F. Generalization
What is the Solar System? ans. "Sir, Solar System is composed of the sun together with the
eight planets and other celestial bodies that orbit around the sun."
What are the members of the Solar System? ans. "Sir the members of the Solar are the sun,
8 planets, asteroids and other galaxies.
Can you describe each member of the Solar System? ans. "Sir the sun is the center of the
solar system, the 8 major known planets are mercury, venus, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranus
and neptune, and the asteroids is also called planetoid."
How do the planets move around the sun? ans. "Sir, the Venus and the Uranus rotate on
their axis from east to west while the six planets are moving from west to east."
G. Application
Now I will group you into 4 groups then you will illustrate through a diagram the members of
the Solar System, or how the planets revolved around the sun to their own orbit. Understand?
ans. "yes sir"

IV. Assesment or Evaluation

Choose the letter of the best answer.

1. Which of these planets does not rotate from east to west?
a. Earth
b. Mars
c. Venus

2. What is the largest planet?

a. Jupiter
b. Earth
c. Saturn

3. What is the center of the Solar System?

a. asteroid
b. sun
c. moon

4. What heavenly bodies are found between mars and jupiter?

a. sun
b. moon
c. asteroids
5. What is the nearest planet from the sun?
a. Mercury
b. Mars
c. Uranus

ans. 1. c. venus
 2. a. jupiter
3. b. sun
4. c. asteroids
5. a. mercury
V. Intervention or Assignment

Illustrate and label the solar system.

Grade

Third Grade

Subject

Science

 Earth & Space Science

Materials and preparation

 Our Solar System worksheet
 Planets Crossword Puzzle worksheet
 Timer
 Small books about planets from library
 Notebook paper
 White paper
 Colored pencils
 Make a Planet worksheet
 Research a Planet worksheet
 Learning Objectives
Students will be able to identify the planets in the Earth's solar system. Students will be
able to determine the position of the planets from the sun.

Introduction
(5 minutes)

 Tell your students that they will be learning about the planets today.
 Ask your students if they can name the planets.
 List the names of the planets on the board.

Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling

(15 minutes)

 Ask your students if they know where each planet is located in relation to the Earth.
 Explain to your students that there is a trick to remembering the planets in relation to the sun. Explain
to your students that they can easily remember the planets' relation to the sun if they memorize the
sentence, My Very Energetic Mother Just Served Us Nachos.
 Explain that the first letter of each word in that acronym represents the name of a planet in relation to
the sun.

Guided Practice
(20 minutes)

 Ask your students to complete the worksheet Our Solar System with a partner.
 Remind them to use the acronym to help them complete the worksheet.
 Set the timer to 5 minutes.
 Go over the worksheet as a class.
 Give each student the Planet Crossword Puzzle worksheet.
 Complete the crossword as a class by asking students to guess which planet is represented by each
picture. Tell students a fact or two about each planet as you have them fill out the crossword. For
example, Saturn has rings, Pluto used to be considered a full planet, and Jupiter has a famous red spot.

Independent working time

(60 minutes)

 Take your students to the library.

 Ask the librarian in advance to pull out a few books on planets for the students.
 Direct each student to pick a planet.
 Ask the students to take their Research a Planet worksheets to the library. Have them fill out the
worksheet as they look through books about their planets in the library.
 Ask students to finish their research at home if they don't finish by checking out books related to their
planets.
 Instruct students to write a few more facts about their planets on notebook paper.
 Differentiation
 Enrichment: Instruct your students to complete the Make a Planet worksheet. This activity will make
students think creatively about what they would like to have in a planet.
 Support: Ask students to draw and color a picture of the solar system. This will enable students to
visualize the position of the planets in relation to the sun. Have them label the names of the planets
using the My Very Energetic Mother Just Served Us Nachos acronym.

Assessment
(10 minutes)

 Ask students to take out a sheet of paper and answer questions about the planets. Potential questions
include: Which planet is closest to the sun? Which planet is the farthest from the sun? Which planets are
closest to the Earth? Which is the fourth planet in the solar system?

Review and closing

(20 minutes)

 Ask students to present their Research a Planet worksheet to the class along with other facts that they
found.
Solar System
Jacqui DeKlerk
Teacher

The students will learn about the Solar System, the order of the 8 planets, special
words such as orbit and asteroid.

Grade Level: 2 - 5th

Subject: Science

Length of Time: About 45 Minutes

Objectives & Outcomes

The students will know the 8 planets- their order, different sizes and their names.
They will be familiar with new words, such as solar system, orbit, asteroid.

Materials Needed
 student notebooks
 projector
 computer with internet
Procedure
Opening to Lesson
 Begin by drawing a big sun on the board and “Solar System”. Ask the students if
they know what this is, and ask for volunteers to come up to the board and draw
anything they can think of that is related to the solar system. Discuss what makes
up the solar system- stars, planets, asteroids: find out their background knowledge.
If they are any words they don’t know, explain using diagrams.
 Students will watch a video (song )about the Solar System and the different
planets.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVVfALI4MxU (play it a few times)
 Ask students: What are the 8 planets? Can they remember them all, and in the right
order.
 How long is a year? (time it takes for the Earth to go around the sun).
 Talk about what the word “orbit” means. Pause the video to explain what orbit
means— the lines going around the sun is the “path” that the planets take. Does
anyone know what an asteroid is?

Body of Lesson
 First the students will write in their notebooks their own definitions of:
o Solar system, Orbit, Planet, Asteroid
 Next, divide the class into 2 groups.

Group 1

 Uusing different balls to represent the planets, students will arrange them in order.
For example, basket ball- Jupiter, soccer ball- Saturn, 2 softballs- Uranus and
Neptune, 2 ping pong balls- Earth and Venus, 1 jacks ball- Mars, 1 marble-
Mercury.
 They will record in their NB, by drawing pictures of the planets (they should show
that they understand that different planets have different sizes), their names and
arrangement.

Group 2

 Choose 9 students to “be a planet”. One student is the sun. Give each of the 8 other
students of piece of cardboard with the name of a planet on it. The students need to
arrange themselves in a line in the right order. Then they physically (move) orbit
around the sun.
 They will record in their NB, by drawing pictures of the planets, their names and
arrangement.

 After 12 minutes, groups swap.

 If students don't finish drawing when time’s up, they can continue in the second
activity: both group activities have the same aim.

Closing
 Students will watch another video (song) which gives more information about the
sun, and the 8 planets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ-qLUIj_A0

Assessment & Evaluation

The students will provide evidence in their notebooks what they learnt— by looking
at their definitions of the words and how they drew, positioned and labeled their
planets, the teacher will be able to assess the students’ understanding.

Modification & Differentiation

 For homework students can research information about their favorite planet.
 Create a small poster with some pictures and some interesting facts.
 They could present it to the class, or just display them around the classroom.