Harvard University Teacher Education Program
Lesson Plan Format
The Set-up
Levels: Primary 6 A
Number of pupils: 30 pupils
Time: 8.00 a.m. – 9.00 a.m.
Topic: Our Solar System
Unit goals
By the end of this unit 2, students will be able to:
• Understand the occurrence of day and night.
• Understand more about our solar system and planetary system.
• Explore how our solar system works.
• Appreciate the nature of our universe.
Learning Objectives
At the end of the lesson, the pupils should be able to:
• Name the other planetary system.
• State that the sun, earth and moon are part of the Solar System and the sun is a
star that gives out heat and light energy
• Recognize that life exists on earth because of its position from the sun, and the
atmosphere around it.
Materials
• ICT laboratory with an internet access.
The Lesson
The Hook
I will start the lesson by recapping what we have learned in the previous lesson
that is on the Earth and the Moon. Then I will pose a question ‘as we all know that the
Moon revolve round the Earth, do you think the Sun revolve round the Earth too?’. This
question will let the students to think either Moon revolves around the Earth or Sun
revolves around the Earth.
Exploration
Now, I will divide the pupils into 5 groups consists of 6 students per group. For
each group I will give them a question that they need to investigate but since there is only
four questions available, one last group will be doing the same topic. Hence what a
teacher can do is to randomly pick the topic for the last group. The investigation
questions are as following:
• ‘What can we find in our solar system? Can you describe the position of each
planet in our solar system?’
• ‘Investigate whether the Pluto is considered as a planet or not. Give reasons for
your answer.’
• ‘Is it true that life only exists on Earth only? Why?
• What are the differences between the comets and asteroids and list down at least 2
characteristics of both?
Practice
The pupils need to present their finding verbally in front of the class.
Summary
After presenting, teacher will show a video of a solar system to reinforce their
knowledge about their finding of solar system.
([Link] The pupils were given website to log
in to play the activity
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individual activity and if they have time they can play it together with their friends. They
can also access the activities when they are at home by logging in the teacher’s blog.
The close
Application
At home, the pupils will have work in group to write a report on their findings to
be display on to the notice board. This is to practice the students in writing in their own
words and their own understanding towards the questions that they have explored earlier
in the class.
Assessment
The learning objectives are met when the students are able do presentation with
correct answers to the questions given to them. The selected groups will be able to name
the other planets in our solar system, state that the sun, earth and moon are part of our
solar system and also to state that sun is a star that gave us the light and heat energy
during their presentation or existence. Moreover, the pupils must also be able to present
that the why life only exists on earth. Last but not least, the students managed to find out
the differences between comets and asteroids.
Preview
I will tell them that they cannot find any sources on earth in other planets so we
have to appreciate what we have right now. For example, water. Water is essential to
human being and also to other living things such as animals, plants and so on. Students
must be aware that there are some places that have no water at all because of the location
such as in the deserts or in a situation such as draught. Hence for the next lesson, I want
each of you to come up with reasons on why water is so important to us and we will
discuss it on the upcoming lesson.
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