Lesson plan in Science Grade- 6

Learning Competency: Compare the planets on the solar system.

I. Objectives: At the end of 50mins, 75% of the students with 75% proficiency level should be able to:
a. identify the planets on the solar system.
b. describe each planet on the solar system in terms of their relative sizes.

II. Subject Matter:

a. Topic: Solar system
b. References:
1. Curriculum guide 2016, S6ES- IVe- f-5
2. Everything you need to age science in one big fat notebook, pages 184- 191 .
c. Materials: Charts of solar system, pictures of solar system and worksheets
d. Values: Responsible, Polite, to appreciate the solar system

III. Procedure

Teacher’s activity Students’ activity

A. Preliminary

1. Prayer
“Before we start let us pray. Dear Father in heaven,
Dear Father in heaven, Your children are here before you. We
Your children are here before you. We offer this day, all we do offer this day, all we do think and say.
think and say. Please give light to our mind so that we could Please give light to our mind so that we
understand our lessons well. Help us to be obedient and through could understand our lessons well. Help
full, help us to love one another because we are all your us to be obedient and through full, help
children. Bless our school, our teachers, our parents, and our us to love one another because we are all
country and bring us all to heaven. Amen. your children. Bless our school, our
teachers, our parents, and our country and
bring us all to heaven. Amen

2. Greetings Good morning teacher , good morning

Good morning class. classmates.

You may now take your seats. Thank you teacher

How are you class? We’re fine teacher

Good to hear that

3. Checking of attendance
May I know who is absent today? No one is absent teacher .
Good to hear that.
4. Classroom rules:
Inside of our classroom, we have classroom rules
 Be quiet when the teacher is talking
 Listen to the teacher when she/he is talking
 Participate in the class.
 Respect your teacher and classmates.
Do you understand class?
Very good

Yes teacher
B. Developmental Activity

Review: Before we move on to our next lesson let us have a

recap regarding our lesson yesterday. May I ask everyone what did
we discuss yesterday? About motions of the earth teacher

Very good!
Now, I will ask you a question to make sure if you still
remember our lesson yesterday.
24 hours teacher
How many hours does the Earth rotate to complete one
rotation?
Wow very good Von! 365 days teacher
How many days does earth rotate to make one full revolution?

Correct! Very good!

Now let’s move on to our new topic.

Yes teacher
Before we discuss our new topic, lets sing a song first.
The title of this song is eight planets, are you familiar with this
song?
Okay very good, please stand and we sing together. Yes teacher
( The teacher play the song about eight planets and the students
join also)
Did you enjoy the song?
What planets that are in the song? Did you still
remember? Yes teacher

Good job! What else? Mercury, Venus

Very good everyone. Earth , Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus,

Neptune
Now, I have here a set of pictures. You tell me what you have
noticed or describe what the picture is all about. Is it clear?
(The teacher will show a picture of solar system)
Yes teacher

What does the picture show?

Very good
What else? There’s a sun teacher
Wow! Very good because you have an idea what the planets
are Planet teacher
Where do you think you can see a planet?
Excellent John!
Base on the song that we sing and the pictures that I show At the sky teacher
to you, what do you think our lesson this morning?
Good job Hannah! our lesson for today is all about the
planets or the solar system. ( Hannah raise her hand)
About planets teacher
Discussion:
This morning we are going to discuss about our solar system.

Hearing the word solar system what comes in your mind?

Good job! What else?
Planets teacher
Okay, our solar system has a moon.
Moon
What else?
Very good, there’s a star
What else? Star

Very good everyone.

Sun
( The teacher discuss the solar system)
Our solar system consists of star, the sun, moon and everything
bound to it by gravity – the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars,
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, and the dwarf planets such as
Pluto; dozens of moons; and millions of asteroids, comets, and
meteoroids.

Class we also have a sun

What is a sun? Do you have an idea? Marilyn?
Very good! It brings heat

What else?
Fantastic Nicole! What else? It brings heat teacher

Good job! It helps to grow our plants because the plants need It brings light to the Earth
light for photosynthesis.
it helps to grow our plant and give us
Class the sun is the center of the solar system and the only star in light and heat teacher
our solar system, the gravity of the sun holds the solar system together.
Everything in our solar system revolves around the sun. Also without a
sun’s heat and light, life on earth would not exist. The sun gives us light,
heat and energy.

Class, the solar system has eight planets.

( The teacher explain the eight planets)

Planets: Definition:
Mercury - Mercury is the smallest planet and
closest planet to the sun.
- Mercury has extreme temperature.
Venus - Venus- is the second planet closest
 the sun.
- Earth and Venus are considered to be
“sister planets”, they are roughly the
same size and will get 5 and 4 pieces
of the remaining clay.
- Venus is the hottest planet
Earth - Earth is the third planet from the sun.
- Known to harbor and support life, by
its unique properties such as liquid
water, atmosphere, and an ozone
layer.
- It is where humans live

Mars - Mars is the fourth planet from the

sun.
- It looks red because it contains iron
oxide ( rust)
- The red planet
Jupiter - Jupiter is the fifth planet from the
sun.
- Jupiter is the largest planet in solar
system.
- Jupiter and Saturn are sometimes
called the gas giants.

Saturn - The planet with a dust and ice ring.

- Saturn is the sixth planet from the
sun.
- Saturn is the second largest planet,
with the lowest density.

Uranus - The planet that lays on its side

- Uranus is the seventh planet from the
sun.

Neptune - Neptune is the eight and the farthest

known planet from the sun.
- The windiest planet.

Class, what are the eight planets?

Excellent!

Do you have a question?

Good job!

Okay let’s proceed, now we are having a game. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter,
Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Who is excited?

Class I have here a box, inside of this box has a scramble word ,
you are going to unscramble this okay? None so far ma’am
This game is called “pass it on” when the music stops the one
who holds the box will unscramble the word.
Directions: Unscramble the name of the planets:

( The students raises their hands)

Yes teacher
 ( The students do the game)
Okay let’s start
( The game is over) Did you enjoy the game ?
Good to hear that.

Again, what are the eight planets?

Excellent! ( The teacher give good job clap to the students )

Let’s proceed. Now we are going to discuss about the sizes of the
planets.
Yes teacher
But before that who among you here have an idea what is the largest
planet? Marilyn?
Good job!
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter,
Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
What is the smallest plane?
Very good! I’m happy to know that you have an idea about the
sizes of the planets.

Now class, if we order the planets by sizes from smallest to largest or

in increasing order they would be Mercury, Mars, Venus, Earth,
Neptune, Uranus, Saturn and Jupiter.
Jupiter teacher

Planets Sizes Mercury

Mercury Mercury – About 1/3 the size of Earth.
Smallest planet

Mars Second smallest planet. Bigger than mercury

Venus Slightly smaller than Earth.

Earth Larger than Venus.

Neptune Neptune –slightly smaller than Uranus,
larger than the Earth.
Uranus Uranus – 4x Earth’s size. Third largest planet

Saturn 9x larger than Earth.

Second largest planet
Jupiter Jupiter is the largest
planet in the solar system.

Look at the picture

( The teacher discuss the sizes of the planets)

Again class if we order the planets by size from smallest to largest they
would be what?

Always remember class that we have eight planets in our solar. Do

you understand?
And when we arrange the planets according to their sizes from
smallest to largest they would be Mercury, Mars, Venus, Earth, Neptune,
Uranus, Saturn and Jupiter.
Do you understand? Mercury, Mars, Venus, Earth, Neptune,
Excellent Uranus, Saturn and Jupiter.

What are the eight planets we discuss this morning again ? Irene? Yes ma’am
Fantastic!

What is the center of solar system? Yes ma’am

What is the largest Planet?
Good job! Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter,
What is the smallest planet? Saturn Uranus, Neptune

What planet is a red planet?

Good job!
Sun
What is the furthest and eight planets from the sun?
Good job! Jupiter

What planet where humans live. Mercury

Mars
What is the hottest planet and second smallest planet?

Neptune
What planet with a dust and ice ring?
Very good everyone. Give yourself a clap.
Earth

Venus

Saturn
( The students clap their hands)

Base on the information given to you about the sizes of the

planets. This activity called “ Can you arrange me”?
You are having group work. Each groups will have 5 members. You
are going to arrange these eight planets from smallest to biggest. The ( The students do the activity)
group who finished the activity first will have a plus five points.
The teacher distributes the pictures and manila paper where
they paste the eight planets).
I will give you only five minutes to do your work, then we are going
to check it.

Directions: Arrange and paste the picture of the planet from smallest
to biggest or in increasing order.

Times up. Post you output on the board. Let check your answer
( The teacher check the answers, Then the teacher ask them about
their answer)
Yes ma’am
From Camila’s group, why you put the Mercury in the first, does it
means that the mercury is the smallest planet?
Yes ma’am, base on your discussion and
the picture that you show during the
Very good!
discussion.
( The teacher ask more about the answer of the students)

Class give yourself a good job clap.

Did you enjoy our activity class? ( The students clap their hands)

Yes ma’am , it’s fun and it give us

opportunity to interact to each other.

What happens when you work with a group? It makes our work easier and we can help
each other. We also learn from each
other.
Very good answer Trixie
What values we gain in group activity?
Cooperation, responsible and unity.
Very good answer in group activity we need to cooperate and we
need to share our idea and have unity to finish the task .

What else?
We also learn to appreciate the solar
system ma’am
Generalization:
Today we learn about what? Solar system

Can you name the eight planets? Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter,
Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Again class if we order the planets by size from smallest Mercury, Mars, Venus, Earth, Neptune,
to largest or in increasing order they would be what? Uranus, Saturn and Jupiter.

Why it is important to learn about the solar system? It helps us to understand the origin and
evolution of planet and heavenly bodies.
Very Good Dave None so far ma’am

How about you Errol, what can you say about solar The solar system has eight planets
system? ma’am
 What are those? Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter,
Uranus, Neptune

Do you have a question? None ma’am.

Evaluation:

Activity 1
Directions: Identify what being ask on the following questions.
Choose your answer on the box. Write your answer on the space
provided before each number.

Jupiter Earth Neptune Mercury

Mars Venus Saturn Uranus

Sun

_Neptune___ _ 1. The farthest planet from the sun.

_Mercury___ _ 2. Smallest planet in the solar system.
Uranus____ _ 3. The planet that lays on its side.
Venus___ _ 4.Second planet closest to the sun. The hottest
planet.
_Mars___ _ 5. The red planet.
_Saturn___ _ 6.The planet with a dust and ice ring.
_Jupiter___ _ 7.The biggest planet in the solar system.
_Mercury___ _ 8. The first planet of the solar system.
_Sun___ _ 9. The center of the solar system.
_Earth___ _ 10. What is the only planet known to support life?

Activity 2:
( For individual activity)
Directions: Write the answer in the box below the planets. Arrange the
planets according to their sizes, smallest to largest or in increasing order.
Write number 1 for the smallest planet, write number 2,3,4,5,6,7, for the
next planets then write number 8 for the biggest planet

Observe the picture for your answer.

Assignment:
The teacher will distribute the worksheets.
Direction: Cut out the planet word cards and glue them in the
correct order from the first planet to the last.
 Do you have a question?
None so far ma’am
Before we go out, let’s pray first. Please stand up

Goodbye class
Good bye teacher