Republic of the Philippines

Sultan Kudarat State University

College of Teacher Education
ACCESS Campus
E.J.C Montilla, Tacurong City

Semi-Detailed Lesson Plan in

METEOROID, METEOR AND METEORITE
For Grade 8 Students
September 23, 2018

I. OBJECTIVES:

At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:

a. define meteoroid, meteor and meteorite,

b. appreciate the importance of meteoroid, meteor and meteorite and;
c. list down the meteorites here in the Philippines that have been
accepted internationally.

II. SUBJECT MATTER:

A. Topic: Meteoroid, Meteor and Meteorite

B. References: Pia C. Campo, M. R. (2013). Science Learner's Module 8 (First
ed.). Department of Education.

C. Materials: Laptop, Television, Scrambled words, Scrambled Pictures

III. TEACHING – LEARNING ACTIVITIES

A. PRELIMINARY ACTIVITIES

 Prayer
 Greetings
 Checking of Attendance
 Setting of Standards
 Review
B. MOTIVATION

“ARRANGE ME”

 The class will be divided into four (4) groups.

 Each group will be given scrambled pictures.
 They will arrange the pictures to form images that will describe the
topic for today.

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  The group who will finish first will be the winner.
 This activity is good for 3 minutes.

C. LESSON PROPER

1. ENGAGE

“LET’S NAME IT”

 The class will be divided into four (4) groups.

 Each group will be given scrambled words.
 They will arrange the letters to form words that will name those pictures
from the previous activity.
 The first group who can arrange the words and post it below the correct
picture will be the winner.
 This activity is good for 3 minutes.

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 2. EXPLORE

“WATCH AND LEARN”

 The students will choose their own partner.

 A 4 minutes animated video about Meteoroids, Meteors and Meteorites will
be played.
 Each student will take down notes while watching the video.

3. EXPLAIN

“METEOROID, METEOR AND METEORITE”

Meteoroid - is a broken up rock and dust from either a comet, asteroid, the Moon, or
from Mars
- A meteoroid can be as small as a grain of sand or as big as a
boulder.
Meteor – is a light phenomenon or a streak of light that occurs when a meteoroid
burns up as it enters Earth’s atmosphere.

- A meteor moves swiftly and seems to fall on the ground.

- It “shoots” from a point in the sky, making people think that it is a
shooting star.

Meteorite - A meteoroid that reaches the ground and survives impact.

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 The table below shows some of the more famous annual meteor shower and
the month when they reach their peak.

CONSTELLATION
SOURCE OF NAME OF THE (WHERE THE
MONTH METEOROID METEOR METEOR
SHOWER SHOWER SEEM
TO COME FROM)
August Comet Swift - Perseid Perseus
Tuttle
October Comet 21P/ Draconid Draco
Giacobini - Zinner
October Comet Halley Orionid Orion
November Comet Tempel - Leonid Leo
Tuttle
November Comet Encke Taurid Taurus
December Asteroid 3200 Geminid Gemini
Phaethon

Meteorites are of importance to scientist ion studying the occurrence of

different elements and compounds on Earth. There are three types of meteorites:
stony, stony – iron and iron meteorites.

In the Philippines, there are only five meteorites that have been accepted
internationally.

METEORITE YEAR OF PLACE TYPE CHEMICAL

DISCOVERY DISCOVERED COMPOSITION
Pampanga 1859 Pampanga Stony Iron-Nickel,
Ferrous sulfide,
Magnesium
iron silicate,
Calcium-
Aluminum
intrusions,
pyroxene
Paitan 1910 Paitan, Ilocus Stony Iron,
Magnesium
silicate,
pyroxene
Calivo 1916 Western Stony Not yet
Visayas determined

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Pantar 1938 Central Stony Iron,
Mindanao Meteorite Magnesium
iron silicate,
pyroxene
Bondoc 1956 Southern Stony- iron Metallic iron-
Tagalog nickel; silicates

4. ELABORATE

 The class will be divided into three (3) groups.

 Each group will be given worksheet.
 They will write the name of five meteorites here in the Philippines that have
been accepted internationally and what type of meteorite it is.
 This activity is good for 5 minutes.

5. EVALUATE

 This is an individual task.

 The questions will be flash on the screen.
 Each question is good only for 30 seconds.

IV. ASSIGNMENT

Research on the Internet or interview your relatives about their

superstitious beliefs about meteors, write your answers on a one half crosswise
sheet of paper.

Prepared by:

PRECY ANN M. CAMACHO

Demonstrator/FS Student

Checked:

NERISA S. SONIDO
Critic Teacher