Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region IV – MIMAROPA
Division of Puerto Princesa
PALAWAN NATIONAL SCHOOL
City of Puerto Princesa

Semi – Detailed Lesson Plan

Second Quarter

Asteroids, Comets, and

Teacher: Ana Rose S. Pagdato II Topic/title
Meteors

Grade Level: 8 Quarter: 2nd Quarter

Time Allotment: 1 hour Learning Area: Science (Earth and Space)

Teaching Date: January 17, 2023 (6:00 AM – 12:15 AM)

Teaching Time Sections Teaching Days

6:00 – 7:00 Azucena Mon., Tues., Wed., and Fri.

7:00 – 8:00 Poinsettia Mon., Tues., Thur., and Fri.

Section and
8:00 – 9:00 Bromelliads Tuesday to Friday
Teaching time
9:15 – 10:15 SPS - Patrimonio Mon., Wed. to Friday

10:15-11:15 SPS - Jaworski Mon., Wed. to Friday

11:15-12:15 Cactus Monday to Thursday

I. OBJECTIVES

A. Content Demonstrate an understanding of the characteristics of comets, meteors,

Standard and asteroids

B. Performance discuss whether or not beliefs and practices about comets and meteors
Standards have scientific basis

C. Learning
Compare and contrast comets, meteors, and asteroids
Competencies S8ES-IIg-22

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

1. Identify the origin and fact 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

III. CONCEPTS:

Unlocking of Difficulties
Comets – are small objects composed of rock and ice which orbit the sun.
Meteor – is a rock which passes through the earth’s atmosphere.
 Asteroid – consist of large irregular chunks or rocks.

A. References

1. Teacher’s guide

2. Learner’s
Learner’s Module pp. 153 - 156
material

4. Additional
Actual Presentation of the Materials of activity
materials

Plan 1.
LCD Projector, white screen (manila paper as an alternative) laptop and
B. Other Learning extension socket
Resources Plan 2.
Concept strips, diagram,
Note: there were two sets of materials suggested just in case there is no
source of electricity available for the power point presentation.

IV. PROCEDURES Teacher’s Activity Student’s

Activity/Materials

A. Preliminary  Greetings Good morning, Ma’am Ana

Activity Good morning, students! Rose. Good morning
(15 minutes) classmates.
How are you today?
We are doing okay ma’am.

 Prayer
Student: Let us pray
Okay, let us all stand and pray.
May I ask Ms./Mr. ____________ to lead the Amen.
prayer.

 Energizer
(The students will sing.)
Now, let us sing a song.

“Science is Fun”
(The students pick up the
Please pick up pieces of papers and arrange
pieces of papers and
your chairs properly before you sit.
arranges their chair
properly)

 Checking of Attendance (Check attendance using a

seat plan.)

 Setting of Classroom Rules

Before we start our lesson, let us
Sit Properly
first recall our classroom rules.
Who can give me the first rule? Listen to the teacher
 Participate in the class

Respect one another

B. Elicit We’ve been curious inside the Earth and we

(5 minutes) have lots of things we are already known. Yes, ma’am

Now class, are you been curious what having

outside the Earth? Or what we called us the
Universe

C. Engage The Teacher will show pictures that only

found in the universe and students will
(10 minutes) identify each picture.
The answers may vary
according to the prior
knowledge of the students.

Picture 1 Picture 2

Picture 3 Picture 4

Picture
4
D. Explore The Teacher will post on the board Students will place the
the characteristics of the celestial correct characteristic of
(15 minutes)
object: Asteroid, comet and each celestial object on the
meteors. board.
Characteristics:

Also known as “Dirty Snowball”

(COMETS)

Made up of metals and rocky

material
(ASTEROIDS)

Orbit between Jupiter and Mars

(ASTEROIDS)

Often called “shooting star”

(METEORS)

Orbits the sun

(ASTEROIDS and COMETS)
Usually burns up the Earth’s
atmosphere
(meteors)

Made up of dust and ice rock

(COMETS)
Also called dwarf planet
(ASTEROIDS)
Appears as a streak in the sky
(METEORS)
Broken pieces from asteroids or
comets.
(METEORS)
E. Explain The teacher will use power point
(15 minutes) presentation in the discussion of the lesson
So, let’s see if your ideas of each term are
correct? Take a look at the three picture I
present to you class, where do you think is
the asteroids?
•

The characteristics of asteroids Large chunk

of rock and metals that orbit the sun.
• Their size vary from 10m to 1km300km
diameter
• They are stay in the space and found
between of Mars and Jupiter but a few travel
 in paths across Mars orbit and some even
cross in Earth orbit.
• Also called dwarf planet.

Fact of asteroid
• Scientist believes ASTEROIDS may have
caused the extinction of the dinosaur.
•Asteroids move in round orbits
So, what do you think is asteroid here?

Next characteristics class, is about

Comets
• Origin : Kuiper belt and Oorte Clouds
• Also called a dirty snowball that made up
of ice rock and dust that orbit the sun
• Ranging size from 1 km to 20km (size of a
mountain)
• Astronomers believes they are left over
from the early formation of solar system.
Then last characteristics class is about
meteor.
• From broken pieces of COMETS or
ASTEROIDS!
• size: smaller than the comets or asteroids
from which they come
• Made of rock and dust

Facts about meteors

Also known as “shooting star” that appears
as a streak in the sky produced by burning
of a meteoroid up the Earth’s atmosphere
Meteor shower an event in which a number
meteors are observed to radiate form one
point in the sky. It happen regularly.
F. Elaborate A near-Earth object (NEO) is any small Solar
(10 minutes) System body whose orbit brings it into
proximity with Earth. They include about
thirteen thousand near-Earth asteroids
(NEAs), more than one hundred near-Earth
comets (NECs), and a number of solar-
orbiting spacecraft and meteoroids, large
enough to be tracked in space before striking
the Earth. It is now widely accepted that
collisions in the past have had a significant
role in shaping the geological and biological
history of the planet. NEOs have become of
increased interest since the 1980s because
of increased awareness of the potential
danger some of the asteroids or comets pose
to Earth.

G. Evaluate Teacher will give 10 questions for their

(5 minutes) evaluation. Student will answer on a ½
crosswise paper.

Comets meteors asteroids

asteroid belt meteor shower
Nucleus coma Kuiper belt
 Identification:
Directions: Identify what is being asked on Correct answers
the following question. Choose your answer
on the box. Write your answer on the space 1. Comets
provided.
_____1. Small object composed of rock and
2. Meteor shower
ice which orbits the sun. 3. Meteors
_____2. is a celestial event in which a
4. Meteoroids
number of meteors are observed to
radiate originate form one point in 5. Asteroid belt
the sky. 6. Kuiper belt
_____3. Also called shooting star
_____4. Large chunk of rock and metals that 7. Nucleus
orbit the sun. 8. Stony meteorite
_____5. The origin of asteroids
_____6. origin of comets
9. Coma
_____7. Solid inner core of comet 10. Iron meteorites
_____8. It is a meteorite that similar to an
ordinary rocks
_____9. A cloud of dust and gas of a comet
_____10. It is a meteorite that composed of
iron and nickel like Earth.

Multiple Choice Test:

Directions: Read and understand each
question carefully. Choose the letter of the
correct answer.
1. An instrument used by astronomer to
look for heavenly bodies in the sky.
a. telescope b. kaleidoscope
c. gyroscope d. microscope
Ans. A
2. A shooting star is more accurately termed
as __________.
a. meteors b. comets c. meteorites d. moons
Ans. C
3. What NEO stands for?
a. near Earth office b. near Earth optics
c. near Earth orbit d. near Earth objects
Ans. D
4. An object at appears like a streak in the
sky.
a. comets b. satellite c. moons d. meteor
Ans. A
5. It is an object in the sky that usually
burns up as it enters the earth Atmosphere.
a. meteorites b. satellite c. moons d. planets
Ans. A
H. Extend Bring the following materials for tomorrow’s
 activity.

1 container (aluminum tray or plastic)

1 pebble/ stone
flour/sand
pencil
V. REMARKS

VI. REFLECTION

No. of learners who

learned 80% on the
formative
assessment

No. of learners who

require additional
activities for
remediation

Did the remedial

lesson work? No. of
learners who
caught up with the
lesson

No. of learners who

continue to require
remediation

Which of my
teaching strategies
worked? And why
did this work?

What difficulties
did I encounter
which my principal
or supervisor can
help me solve?

What innovation or
localized materials
did I use/discover
which I wish to
share with another
teacher.

Prepared by:

ANA ROSE S. PAGDATO II

Teacher I
Certified True and Correct: Recommending Approval:

MARY JEAN P. NARTE ARIEL G. ARGONSOLA

Head Teacher VI – Science Dept. Assistant Principal II – JHS

Approved:

EDUARDO G. SANTOS, PhD

Principal IV