Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region IX, Zamboanga Peninsula
Division of Zamboang City
Vitali Central School

Instructional plan in Science VI

Name of the teacher: Date :

Subject: SCIENCE 6

A. Content The learners demonstrate understanding of characteristics of planets in the solar

Standards: system
B.Performance
Standards:
C. Learning f.Compare the planets of the solar system (S6ES-IVg-h-6)
Competency
I. Unpacked 23. Describe the characteristics of inner planets.( Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars,
Learning Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune) (K)
Competencies: 25. Compare the relative sizes and composition of the inner and outer planets.(U)

II. Subject Matter The Solar System

A. Concept The eight planets in the solar system differ in their masses, densities tilt
number of satellites, atmosphere and striking features.
Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are the inner planet. They have high
densities because they consist mostly rocks.
Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus are the outer planet. They are largely
gaseous, hence their densities are much lower.
B. Materials Task card, Cartolina, marker, pictures, earth’s model, globe, modeling clay,
C. References K-12 CG, Into the Future science 6 pp 196-198, 21 st Century Science 6 pp. 300-
305, Unpacked LC, ,http://www.mysciencevideos.com or http://www.google .com
D. Process Observing, Describing, identifying, Communicating,
skills
E. Subject Literacy, Numeracy, English, ESP,ICT, P.E. and Music
Integration

III.Learning Tasks
Blessed morning Class! ( Blessed morning teacher
A. Engage Bing)
(Incentive Chart)
Do you want to explore the outer space class? Each group has a rocket in
going to the outer space. Let see whose spaceship is going to visit all the planets
in our solar system. (Launch Me!)
.
1. Recall
* Recall the past lesson
Thumbs up if the statement is correct and Fist off if not.

________1. One of the factors that the earth experience four seasons
is the rays of the sun receives by each zone.
________2. The earth’s rotation and revolution cause the seasons
on earth.
________3. The earth does not rotate on its axis.
________4. The tilted position of the earth causes the four seasons.
________5. Wind system.

2. Motivation
Are you familiar with the game Name it and win it? Today you are to
 play name it and win it, Every pictures I flash, you will find out the name or
message from it.

1. Y milky way

2. S Y solar system
-Panel

3. S planets
-nts

4. Y Galaxy
-bladder
• From the words that you have form, where can we find all of them?
B. Explore  Today, you are going to find out the different planets in the solar system.
We are going to watch a video about the Solar system
 Before watching the video, what are the standards we should follow?
(Keep quiet/ understand what we watch)
 Here are some questions you should take note so that while watching,
you will be guided on the things you should remember
1. What are the outer planets?
1. What are the inner planets?
2. Describe the inner planets?
3. Describe the outer planets?

• Now you are going to conduct an activity

1. Set the standards

1.Cooperate
2. Share useful ideas
3.follow instruction very well
4.work harmoniously
5. Be careful in using sharp object
6. Be conscious of the time ( may add other standards)

1. Activity proper
• Allow 15 minutes for group activity
• Check pupils comprehension of the activity by asking probing
question
while moving around.

Group 1
Task Card
Arrange Us!
Materials:
Pictures of sun and planets, stick, styro foam, plastic tape,
Manila paper, marker
Procedure:
1. Cut the pictures, then tape the pictures on the sticks.
2. On a round Styro foam you are going to arrange the planets
according to their position in the solar system.
3. Attached or tape the description below the picture on the stick
correctly.
Questions
1.How many planets are there?
2. which planets are the inner planets?
3. Which planets are the outer planets?

Group 2
 Task Card
Complete Me!
Materials:
Graphic organizer, cellphone with data, printer, scissor, glue
plastic tape.
Procedure:
1. Using the cellphone with data, Google about the planets and their
descriptions, then print the pictures of the different planets and their
descriptions.
2. Complete the graphic organizer by pasting the pictures and description.

Group 3
TASK CARD
Compose Me!
Material;
Manila paper and marker

Procedure:
1. Compose a song about the solar system
2. Mention the names of the planets and their descriptions.
3. Be ready to present in front of the class.

(Skills learned: communicating, observing, identifying, describing)

RUBRICS for presentation of Out put

Criteria 1 3 5
Relevance and Content
Artistic presentation
Cooperation of group members

C. Explain • Facilitate learners’ presentation of out puts. During this time the teacher
will note down incorrect answer, different answers from student or important
information that was not brought up. She will use those “gaps” as she begins to
“process” their out put . During processing ,series of questions that directly
connect with the learning objective shall be asked.

• Questions to process
1. How many planets are there?
2. Which is the smallest planet?
3. Which is the biggest planet planets?
4. How will you describe the inner planets?
5. How will you describe the outer planets?

D. Elaborate
Prediction Part
You are going to play a Pera o Bayong. The group who has the
highest score will be the winner and have the chance to choose
which bayong they like.
Complete the sentence
1.The planet ___________ is the nearest planet to the sun.
( a.earth, b.venus c. Jupiter d. Uranus)
2.The planet ______ is often called the Evening star or morning star
because of its brightness.
( a.earth, b.venus c. Mars d. mercury)
3.The ______ is known as the blue planet.
( a.earth, b.venus c. Mars d. mercury)
4.________ is called the red planet.
( a.earth, b.venus c. Mars d. mercury)
 5.The Jovian Planets (outer planets) are _________, ___________,
___________, and ________, because they are large and gaseous.

a. Jupiter, earth, Saturn, mars

b. Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus
c. Neptune, Uranus, Venus, Saturn
d. Uranus, Neptune, Mercury, Mars

Generalization
1.What are the planets in the solar system?
2.How will you describe Venus, Mercury, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus,
Neptune?
3. Why the 4 first planet called the inner planets?
4. Why the last 4 planets called the outer planets?
5. Why do we need to study about the solar system?
6. If you are going to visit a planet, which planet you will choose and why?
7. The Earth is the only place for living and non-living things, how will you take
care our home so that the future generation can also utilize and enjoy it?
( content Knowledge across curriculum)
8.Why were your answers during the activities are correct? (Emphasize
obedience to highlight the value)
9.Why were you successful in doing your activity? (Emphasize on the
value of Cooperation if learners give several answers)

E. Evaluate

Choose the letter of the correct answer

1. Which is the biggest planet in the solar system?
a. Neptune b.Venus c. Jupiter d.Earth
2. Which is the smallest planet in the solar system.
a. Mercury b.Earth c.Uranus d.Mars
3. Planet mars is bigger than earth.
a. True b.False c. Maybe d. None of the above
4.Which planet has almost the same size with earth?
a. Jupiter b.Saturn c.Venus d.Uranus
5.Jupiter is much bigger than the sun.
a. True b.False c.Maybe d.None of the above

IV. Enrichment Make a timeline of important events in the discovery of planets in the
solar system. Send to my account gloria.flores01@deped.gov.ph
RUBRIC
3 5 7 10
Content Pupil does not Pupil Pupil is at Demonstrate full
Knowledge grasp the uncomfortable ease with the knowledge, with
information with information/ content but explanation
answer few fails to
questions elaborate
Neatness Work seem untidy Work seems Work seems Work seems tidy
little untidy tidy
Mechanics Pupil presentation Pupil Pupil No misspelling or
had 4 or more presentation presentation grammatical error.
spelling errors had 3 spelling had no more
errors than 2 spelling
errors