GRADE 8 School Silago National Vocational High Grade 8

DAILY LESSON School Level

PLAN Teacher Angelli H. Adlao Learning Science
Area
Teaching February 02, 2024 Quarter Second
Dates and 7:15- 8:15 AM
Time

I. OBJECTIVES

A. Content Standard The learners demonstrate understanding of the characteristics of

comets, meteors, and asteroids

B. Performance The learners shall discuss whether beliefs and practices about
Standard comets and meteors have scientific basis

C. Learning Competency Compares and contrasts comets, meteors, and asteroids

D. Objectives 1. Discuss the origin and facts about comets, asteroids, and
meteors.
2. Compare and contrast comets, meteors, and asteroids.
3. Acquire knowledge and apply things learned for everyday
living.

II. CONTENT Comets, Asteroids and Meteors

III. LEARNING
RESOURCES

A. References Grade 8 Science Teacher’s Module, Department of Education,

Philippines, p. 153-158

1. Teachers Guide pages

2. Learner’s Material pages

3. Textbook pages p. 153-158

B. Other Resources https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zemP1zQ2Vko

IV. PROCEDURES

A. Reviewing previous
lessons or presenting the
new lesson.
You already learned about the planets of the solar
system in your Grade 7. Try to recall it by answering
ELICIT the following activity.
(5 min) Direction: Rearrange the sets of letters to create a
name of a planet.
SUVNE 1. The brightest planet in the solar system.
 UPTERIJ 2. This planet has the great red spot.
RUSTAN 3. This planet is famous for its rings.
RAMS 4. It has the largest volcano in the solar
system.
CURERYM 5. The closest planet to the sun.

B. Establishing a purpose ENGAGE We’ve been curious about the Earth, and we have
for the lesson. lots of things we already know. Now class, are you
(5 min) curious about what’s happening outside the Earth?
Or what do we call as the Universe?
Let’s start, I will show you pictures that are only
C. Presenting found in the universe and identify each picture.
examples/instance s of the Picture 1. Sun
new lesson Picture 2. Earth
Picture 3. Asteroids
Picture 4. Comet
Picture 5. Meteor
Picture 6. Asteroids belts
Later you will see if your answers are correct!

D. Discussing new EXPLORE Group the students into 3.

concepts and practicing
new skills #1 (15 min) Ask 1 student who wants to volunteer in doing the
activity.
We are going to perform an activity called: What
E. Discussing new happens when a comet or an asteroid hits Earth?
concepts and practicing
new skills #2 After the activity, answer the following questions.
a. Draw the shape of the craters made by the
pebble on the flour as viewed from the top and from
the side.
b. Compare the shape of the pebble’s crater with
the shape of the impact of the crater as the photo
shown.
c. What do you notice about the shape of your
pebble’s crater and the shape of the impact crater
shown in the photo?
d. What do you think happened to the plants and
animals living in the area where the comet or
asteroid crashed?

F. Developing mastery EXPLAIN Let the students watch a video about comets,
asteroids, and meteors.
 (20 min) Afterwards, conduct a discussion about comets,
asteroids, and meteors.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zemP1zQ2Vko
Based on the video and discussion:
a) What are comets, asteroids, and meteors?
b) How will you differentiate comets from
meteors and asteroids?
c) Where do long period and short period
comets come from?
d) What is the most famous comet of the 20th
century?
e) What are asteroids made up of?
f) How are meteoroids, meteor, and meteorite
related?
g) What celestial (space) objects can a
meteoroid come from?
h) Explain how a meteor shower occurs.
i) What are the types of meteorites?
j) What are superstitious beliefs about meteor
comets and asteroids?

G. Finding practical ELABORATE 1. Give a brief description about the following

application of concepts and
skills in daily living. (10 min)
H. Making generalization
and abstractions about the
lesson.
and differentiate them.
A. Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors
B. Meteoroids, Meteor, and Meteorite
2. Give the types of meteorites.
3. Provide superstitions about comets and
asteroids. Do they have scientific bases?
Why?

I. Evaluating learning EVALUATE Ask the students to answer the Quiz.

(4 min) Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer to
which is described in the sentence.

1. Comets and asteroids are similar except

that___.
a. Both orbit the sun.
b. Both are far smaller than the planets.
c. Both are made of metals and rocky
material.
d. Both are remnants of the solar system's
formation almost 5 billion years ago.
2. It is the most famous comet of the 20th
century.
a. Hale-Bopp
 b. Halley’s Comet
c. Comets
d. Chiron
3. They are icy bodies or objects.
a. Frozen
b. Comets
c. Asteroids
d. Meteors
4. They are made of rocks, ice, carbon, silica,
and other metals.
a. Meteors
b. Asteroids
c. Comets
d. Meteoroid
5. It usually burns up when it enters the Earth’s
Atmosphere.
a. Meteorite
b. Meteor
c. Meteor Shower
d. Meteoroid
6. A light phenomenon or a streak of light that
occurs when a meteoroid burns up as it
enters the Earth’s Atmosphere.
a. Meteor
b. Meteorite
c. Meteoroid
d. Meteor Shower
7. When a fragment from the meteoroid survives
and makes it to the ground, the space rock
fragment is called _____.
a. Meteorite
b. Meteor
c. Meteoroid
d. Meteor Shower
8. How is a meteor different from a meteorite?
a. Meteors do not land on the surface of the
earth.
b. Meteorites land on the surface of the
earth.
c. Meteors and meteorites land on the
surface of the earth.
d. Meteors and meteorites do not land on the
surface of the earth.
9. It is a light phenomenon caused by fragments
left by a comet as they orbit the Sun.
a. Meteoroid
b. Meteor
c. Meteor Shower
d. Meteorite
 10. It is the most common type of meteorites.
a. Stony Meteorites
b. Iron meteorite
c. Stony-iron meteorite
d. Iron
11. Contain approximately even amounts of
silicates and nickel-iron alloy.
a. Stony-iron meteorite
b. Stony Meteorites
c. Iron
d. Iron meteorite
12. Likely originated in the cores of large
asteroids and are composed entirely of nickel-
iron alloy.
a. Stony Meteorites
b. Iron
c. Iron meteorite
d. Stony-iron meteorite
13. What is the difference between asteroid and
meteor?
a. An asteroid is a small rocky object that
orbits the Sun. A meteor is what happens
when a small piece of an asteroid or
comet, called a meteoroid, burns up upon
entering Earth's atmosphere.
b. An asteroid is an Icy object while meteors
are rocky objects.
c. Both are small.
d. None of the above.
14. How similar are comets to meteors?
a. They are both celestial bodies orbiting our
Sun.
b. They are small rocky objects.
c. They are both Asteroids.
d. Both are small.
II. True or False
1. Comets are icy bodies or objects while
asteroids are rocky fragments.
2. Long-period Comets come from the Kuiper
Belt, while Short-period comets come from
the Oort Cloud.
3. Asteroids are called minor planets or
planetoids.
4. There are no superstitions about comets and
meteors.
5. A meteor shower is a light phenomenon; they
are not stars.
 6. A comet is a ball of ice and dust that orbits the
Sun. A meteoroid is a small piece of an
asteroid or a comet.

J. Additional activities for EXTEND Study in advance the new topic.

application or remediation
(1 min)

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

lessons work? 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 materials did I
use/discover which I wish
to share with other
teachers?

Answer Key
I. Multiple Choice
1. C.
2. B.
3. B.
4. B.
5. D.
6. B.
7. B.
8. Bonus
9. D.
10. A.
11. A.
12. C
13. A.
14. A.
II. True or False
1. True
2. False
3. True
4. False
5. True
6. True