DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN SCIENCE 8
I. OBJECTIVES
Content Standard: The learners define solar system and identify the members of
the solar system based on its characteristics.
Performance standard: Draw a solar system and label it.
Learning Competencies: Identify the order of the planets in the solar system
II. CONTENT
A. References:
The New Science Links Worktext in Science and Technology, pages 443-452
Intro to Solar System.pdf
B. Other Learning Resources
Powerpoint presentation, pictures, activity sheets
TEACHER`S ACTIVITY STUDENT`S ACTIVITY
III. PROCEDURES
A. Preliminary Activities
1. Greetings
Good morning, students!
2. Energizer Good morning, Ma`am!
I have here a game challenge that can
wake up your body. (Present the game)
3. Checking of Attendance
Is there any absent today?
Great!
4. Setting of classroom Rules
Before we start our lesson, please see if (The students will answer)
there are any litters under your chairs,
and sit properly, be quiet, listen and
participate.
B. Developmental Activities
1. Drill
I have here a jumbled word, raise your
right hand if you know the answer.
SLOAR SSYETM
PALENTS
DAWRF PALENTS
ATSREIODS
CLEETSAIL BDOY
ELICIT
Class I have here a 3D model of a solar system,
what did you observe in this?
(The student will give the answers.)
“Very Good. This are all the planets in the solar
system. And it is arranged in the right order.”
SOLAR SYSTEM
“Do you think that it is important to know the
proper arrangement of the planets in the solar
system and also their characteristics?” PLANETS
DWARF PLANETS
“Very good!”
ASTEROIDS
C. ENGAGE
Okay class, I will give you a short activity about CELESTIAL BODY
our lesson for today and we will check your
answers after.
(Teacher will give the worksheets)
1. How many planets are in our solar “The eight planets in the solar system
system? ma`am”
a. 7
b. 8
c. 9
d. 10
2. Which planet is known for its many rings?
a. Saturn
b. Venus
c. Jupiter
d. Neptune
3. Which planet is the hottest in our solar
system?
a. Saturn
b. Venus
c. Jupiter
d. Neptune
4. What are planets made of rock called?
a. Celestial bodies
b. Terrestrial planets
c. Jovian planet “ Yes ma`am”
d. Gaseous planet
5. Which planet is known as the “Red
Planet”?
a. Earth
b. Venus
c. Mars
d. Saturn
6. Which planet was named after the Roman
king of the gods?
a. Saturn
b. Venus
c. Jupiter
d. Neptune
7. Which planet is named after the Roman
goddess of love?
a. Saturn
b. Venus
c. Jupiter
d. Neptune
8. Which planet is named after the Roman
messenger god?
a. Earth
b. Mercury
c. Mars
d. Jupiter
9. Which is the biggest planet in the solar
system?
a. Earth
b. Mercury
c. Mars
d. Jupiter
10. What is the ancient Greek name for
Earth?
a. Gaia
b. Urth
c. Pangea
d. Earthy
D. EXPLORE
We will have a short activity; I will divide you
into 2 groups. You will draw on the blackboard
the planets based on their sequence and you
need to label it. And give a short explanation on
what is your favorite planet in the solar system.
E. EXPLAIN
Let us hear your presentation on the activity.
Okay thank you everyone for sharing your
wonderful work, give yourselves a round of
applause.
F. ELEBORATION
The solar system has one star, eight planets, five
dwarf planets, at least 290 moons, more than
1.3 million asteroids, and about 3,900 comets. It
is located in an outer spiral arm of the Milky
Way galaxy called the Orion Arm, or Orion Spur.
Our solar system orbits the center of the galaxy
at about 515,000 mph (828,000 kph). It takes
about 230 million years to complete one orbit
around the galactic center.
We call it the solar system because it is made up
of our star, the Sun, and everything bound to it
by gravity – the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth,
Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune;
dwarf planets Pluto, Ceres, Makemake, Haumea,
and Eris – along with hundreds of moons; and
millions of asteroids, comets, and meteoroids.
The Solar System[d] is the gravitationally bound
system of the Sun and the objects that orbit it.
[11] It was formed 4.6 billion years ago when a
dense region of a molecular cloud collapsed,
forming the Sun and a protoplanetary disc. The
Sun is an ordinary main sequence star that
maintains a balanced equilibrium by the fusion
of hydrogen into helium at its core, releasing
this energy from its outer photosphere.
The largest objects that orbit the Sun are the
eight planets. In order from the Sun, they are
four terrestrial planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth
and Mars); two gas giants (Jupiter and Saturn);
and two ice giants (Uranus and Neptune). All
terrestrial planets have solid surfaces. Inversely,
all giant planets do not have a definite surface,
as they are mainly composed of gases and
liquids. Over 99.86% of the Solar System's mass
is in the Sun and nearly 90% of the remaining
mass is in Jupiter and Saturn.
There is a strong consensus among
astronomers[e] that the Solar System has at
least eight dwarf planets: Ceres, Pluto, Haumea,
Quaoar, Makemake, Gonggong, Eris, and Sedna.
There are a vast number of small Solar System
bodies, such as asteroids, comets, centaurs,
meteoroids, and interplanetary dust clouds.
Some of these bodies are in the asteroid belt
(between Mars's and Jupiter's orbit) and the
Kuiper belt (just outside Neptune's orbit).[f] Six
planets, six dwarf planets, and other bodies
have orbiting natural satellites, which are
commonly called 'moons'.
The Solar System is constantly flooded by the
Sun's charged particles, the solar wind, forming
the heliosphere. Around 75–90 astronomical
units from the Sun, the solar wind is halted,
resulting in the heliopause. This is the (The students will listen carefully)
boundary of the Solar System to interstellar
space. The outermost region of the Solar System
is the theorized Oort cloud, the source for long-
period comets, extending to a radius of 2,000–
200,000 astronomical units (0.032–3.2 light-
years). The closest star to the Solar System,
Proxima Centauri, is 4.25 light-years (269,000
AU) away. Both stars belong to the Milky Way
galaxy.
The inner four planets closest to the sun —
Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars — are often
called the "terrestrial planets" because their
surfaces are rocky. Pluto also has a rocky, albeit
frozen, surface but has never been grouped
with the four terrestrials.
The four large outer worlds — Jupiter, Saturn,
Uranus and Neptune — are sometimes called
the Jovian or "Jupiter-like" planets because of
their enormous size relative to the terrestrial
planets. They're also mostly made of gases like
hydrogen, helium and ammonia rather than of
rocky surfaces, although astronomers believe
some or all of them may have solid cores.
Jupiter and Saturn are sometimes called the gas
giants, whereas the more distant Uranus and
Neptune have been nicknamed the ice giants.
This is because Uranus and Neptune have more
atmospheric water and other ice-forming
molecules, such as methane, hydrogen sulfide
and phosphene, that crystallize into clouds in
the planets' frigid conditions, according to the
Planetary Society.
G. EVALUATE
Direction: Match column A with the
corresponding item in column B. Write (The students will listen carefully)
the letter of your answer for each
number.
(The students will listen carefully)
H. EXTEND
For your assignment, construct at least 2-
3 sentence on how do you describe solar
system.
