DETAILED SCIENCE LESSON PLAN

GRADE LEVEL QUARTER/DOMAIN WEEK PAGE NO.

Grade 8 SECOND Quarter Week 6TH

I. OBJECTIVES

A. Content Standards Demonstrates understanding of the characteristics of comets, meteors and asteroids

B. Performance Standard Discusses whether or not beliefs and practices about comets and meteors have scientific basis

C. Learning Competencies Compares and contrasts comets, meteors, and asteroids (S8S-IIg-22)
Write the LC code for each

D. Objectives Distinguish the diffences between a comet and an asteroid.

II. CONTENT

III. LEARNING RESOURCES

A. References

1. Teacher’s Guide pages

2. Learners Material pages

3. Module Self Learning Module Science Grade 8 Quarter 2 – Module 6 Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors

4. Additional materials from Learning

Resource (LR) portal.

B. Other Learning Resource

IV. PROCEDURES

Preparatory Activities: ELICIT (For 5 minutes)

1. Prayer/Greetings Today we will learn about celestial objects or NEO (Near Earth Objects) hovering above our
2. Checking of Earth’s atmosphere but before getting into the topic, let us test your prior knowledge by
Attendance/Assignment recalling your Grade 7 lesson about the layers of the atmosphere.

A. Reviewing previous lesson

Activity 1.1 Layers of the Atmosphere
Directions: Below is an illustration of the Earth’s atmosphere. Label the layer of the atmosphere that
corresponds to the Exosphere, Troposphere, Stratosphere, Thermosphere, and Mesosphere.
Write your answer in the box provided below.

Activity 1.2 Guess the Topic’s Title

To reveal the title of our topic this morning, let’s supply the missing letters to complete the
word/s that are being described below.
1. It is an extraterrestrial body that has a shorter orbital period.
A ___ ___ E R ___ I ___
2. These are large bodies/objects made of frozen gases, rock, dust, and ice that orbit the
sun. They are best known for their long, streaming tails.
__O__E__
 Then the teacher will say, “You may have heard that 65 million years ago, dinosaurs had the ultimate
bad day. According to the asteroid impact theory, the extinction was triggered when a huge asteroid
struck the earth. With a devastating asteroid impact, slamming into Earth and wiping out the
dinosaurs.”

A. Establishing a purpose for the ENGAGE (For 10 minutes)

lesson

1. Today, we will study a comet and an asteroid and distinguish their differences.

2. It is important for us to know their differences for us to understand their characteristics and avoid
misconceptions and confusion about these Near-Earth Objects (NEO) or extra-terrestrial bodies
in the solar system.

B. Presenting examples/instances of 3. At the end of the lesson, the students will distinguish the differences between a comet and an
the new lesson. asteroid.

Warm up Activity
The teacher show the chart of Asteroids, Comets and Meteors and ask some questions related to the
pictures given in the chart.

 Are there some other objects present in the solar system?

(Expected response: Yes)

 Have you ever seen asteroids or comets at night?

(Expected response: Yes, these are like the fire balls)

 Do you know the exact path of asteroids in our solar system?

 (Expected response: No)

After asking these questions tell the students that today we will learn about natural satellites like
Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors except moon. The moon is also a “Natural Satellite”.

The teacher shows a video about Comets

Activity 1: MAKE A COMET

 The teacher will divide the class into groups with 3 members per group.
 The teacher will distribute the materials for the activity. In the activity, the students will make a
comet on a stick.

C. Discussing the new concepts and
practicing new skills #1
D. Discussing the new concepts and
practicing new skills #2
(Pease see to the acitivity attached)
The teacher shows a video about Asteroids.
Activity 2: MAKE AN ASTEROID
1. Together with their groupmates, the students will make an asteroid using a play dough and
then the students will shape it into their own idea of an interesting asteroid shape. Using their
fingers they will poke dents in it for craters.
2. For 3 mins the teacher will let them describe their output and share their ideas to the class.
3. Using their output (comets and asteroids) in the activity they will answer the next activity below
for 5 minutes.
EXPLORE (For 10 minutes)
 A video is presented to the class. Using the informations from the video, the students will
answer the next activity (Activity 4). Another set of activity materials will be given to the
groups for them to answer.
Study the infographic shown below, distinguish the diffences between a comet, asteroid, meteoroid,
meteor and meteorite.
Divide the class in four groups and provide them the reading materials for comets, meteors and
asteroids to the class.

Draw the following table on the board and ask them to copy and complete the table.

Asteroids Comets Meteors Comparison

Size
Shape
Composition
Location

         Each group will present his observations.

         Conclude the activity by summarizing the data.

 The teacher will say, “ In the previous activity, you were able to identify and describe the
appearance of comets and asteroids. This time, let us test your newly acquired knowledge
on the differences between a comet and asteroid.

Activity 4: Compare and Contrast

E. Developing mastery EXPLAIN
(Leads to formative
assessment 3)
For your activity, be guided on the rubrics given.

F. Finding practical application of ELABORATE

concepts and skills in daily living

G. Making generalization and

abstraction about the lesson The big deal about asteroids
Asteroids are chunks of rock that never quite made it to full-fledged planet-hood when our solar
system formed. Most of them orbit the sun in a "belt" between Mars (the fourth planet) and Jupiter
(the fifth planet). But some asteroids have orbits that cross or come close to Earth's orbit.

Asteroids are chunks of rock that never quite made it to full-fledged planet-hood when our solar
system formed.

Because asteroids are so small and (we hope) far away, they are very hard to see from Earth.
However, the Deep Space 1 spacecraft came closer to an asteroid than any other spacecraft at the
time without actually landing on it (which the NEAR spacecraft did February 12, 2001 on asteroid
Eros). Deep Space 1 flew within 15 kilometers (about 10 miles) of Braille on July 29, 1999.

Deep Space 1 took pictures and gathered information about the material making up the asteroid. It
observed and measured its size, shape, surface features, and brightness. It also measured what
happens to the solar wind when it flows around the asteroid. On Earth, wind is a stream of moving air
particles. In space, solar wind is a stream of energetic particles blown off by the Sun.
 H. Evaluating learning EVALUATION

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. What do asteroids and comets have in common?

a. They both orbit the sun.
b. They both have the same shapes and sizes.
c. They both have the same orbital radius.
d. They have nothing in common.
2. Why do asteroids and comets differ in position?
a. Asteroids formed inside the frost line, while comets formed outside
b. Asteroids and comets formed at different times
c. Comets are much larger than asteroids
d. Asteroids are much larger than comets
3. Which of the description below best defines what a comet is?
a. Smallest dwarf planets
b. Shooting stars that emit light
c. Icy objects in the space
d. Rocky fragments of dust
4. Which of the following statements about comet is correct?
a. Comets come from rocky fragments that are said to be remnants of a planet
b. It is a streak of light that passes and falls to the Earth’s surface
c. Comets are mainly located in between Mars and Jupiter
d. They can be found in the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud
5. The following choices below are characteristics of an asteroid EXCEPT;
a. Has varied/irregular shape c. It orbits around the sun
b. Found in the Kuiper belt d. Composed of rocky fragments

Answer Key:

1. A 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. B

I. Additional activities for EXTEND

application or remediation
Students answer the following written prompt as an exit ticket.

Differentiate comet and an asteroid through a poem.

V. REMARKS

VI. REFLECTION

A. No. of learners who earned 80%

in the evaluation

B. No. of learners who require

additional activities for
remediation who scored below
80%

C. Did the remedial lesson worked?

No. of learners who have caught
up with the lesson

D. No. of learners who continue to

require remediation

E. Which of my teaching strategies

worked well? Why did this work?

F. What difficulties did I encounter

which my principal or supervisor
can help me solve?
G. What innovation or localized
material did I use/discover which I
wish to share with other teachers?