Pangasinan State University

Sta Maria Campus

Sta. Maria, Pangasinan

A Semi-Detailed
Lesson Plan in Science VI

Submitted by:
Name of Student
BEE-2

Submitted to:
Ms. Clarisse Cacapit
Instructor

Date of Submission
Topic/Title Asteroids, comets, meteors,
meteorites, meteoroids
Grade level Grade 6
Time allotment 60 mins.
Teacher Name of Student
Learning objectives:
At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
a. describe the appearance of asteroid, comet, meteoroid, meteor, and meteorite;
b. compare and contrast asteroid and comet;
c. compare and contrast meteor, meteoroid and meteorite; and
d. create an essay about the importance of knowing the origin and characteristics of asteroid, comet,
meteor, meteorite, and meteoroid.
Materials and assessment tool
Preliminary Activities (5mins.)
1. Prayer
• The teacher will designate a pupil to lead the opening prayer.

2. Checking of Attendance
• The teacher will send a link for the attendance.
• The pupils will access the link and login for their attendance.

3. Checking of Assignment
• The teacher tells the pupils that she already checked their
assignments.

4. Review
• The teacher will ask the pupils if they remember the lesson
discussed yesterday. Then, the teacher will ask several
questions about the lesson to check the pupils’ understanding.

ELICIT (Access prior knowledge) (5mins.)

The teacher will access prior knowledge of the pupils by playing the PowerPoint Presentation
game called Up Up and Away. In this game, the pupils will be asked
whether the following statement is true or false. Up Up and Away (True or
False Activity)
False 1. The asteroid has a coma and nucleus.
True 2. Comets orbit the sun.
False 3. We call the rock that hit the earth a Meteor.
True 4. Ceres is an asteroid.
True 5. Meteoroids are coming from Asteroid or Comet.

ENGAGE (Get the students’ minds focused on the topic.) (10mins.)

• The teacher will engage the pupils through an activity called PowerPoint presentation
Spacecials. In this activity, the pupils will try to arrange the
jumbled letters to figure out what word is being described.
Spacecials (Jumbled Letters
1. Oesartid - rock metallic objects that orbit the sun Activity)
2. Tmoce - fuzzy, luminous big dirty snowball composed of gas
and dust wrapped around a big ball ice
3. Orteme - refers to objects from outer space that pass through
earth’s atmosphere
4. Demoitreo - a space rock
5. Rotetirme - originates in outer space and survives its passage
through the atmosphere to reach the surface of a planet or moon
Answer Key:
1.Asteroid
2.Comet
3.Meteor
4.Meteoroid
5.Meteorite

EXPLORE (Provide students with a common hands-on experience) (10mins.)

Online Application called
The teacher will send a link to a game through the application called Kahoot!
Kahoot!
The pupils will access the game by entering the code provided by the
teacher.
The pupils will choose the correct letter of the answer.
After each question, the pupils will be able to see who leads the game
through the leader board.

1. A. Meteorite
B. Comet
C. Asteroid
D. Meteor
E. Meteoroid

2. A. Meteorite
B. Comet
C. Asteroid
D. Meteor
E. Meteoroid

3. A. Meteorite
B. Comet
C. Asteroid
D. Meteor
E. Meteoroid

4. A. Meteorite
B. Comet
C. Asteroid
D. Meteor
E. Meteoroid

5.
A. Meteorite
B. Comet
C. Asteroid
D. Meteor
Answer Key:
1. C
2. A
3. D
4. E
5. B

EXPLAIN (Teach the concept. Should include interaction between (12mins.)

teacher and pupils)
• The teacher will explain the origin and characteristics of the PowerPoint presentation
asteroid, comet, and meteor.
Questioning
a) Asteroids
Asteroids are smaller than a planet, but they are larger than the
pebble-sized objects we call meteoroids. Most asteroids in our
solar system are found in the main asteroid belt, a region
between Mars and Jupiter. But they can also hang out in other
locations around the solar system. For example, some asteroids
orbit the Sun in a path that takes them near Earth.

b) Meteoroids
Sometimes one asteroid can smash into another. This can
cause small pieces of the asteroid to break off. Those pieces
are called meteoroids. Meteoroids can also come from
comets.

c) Meteor
If a meteoroid comes close enough to Earth and enters Earth’s
atmosphere, it vaporizes and turns into a meteor: a streak of
 light in the sky. Because of their appearance, these streaks of
light are sometimes called "shooting stars." But meteors are not
actually stars.

d) Meteorite
Sometimes meteoroids don’t vaporize completely in the
atmosphere. In fact, sometimes they survive their trip through
Earth’s atmosphere and land on the Earth’s surface. When they
land on Earth, they are called meteorites.

e) Comets
Comets orbit the Sun, like asteroids. But comets are made of
ice and dust—not rock. As a comet’s orbit takes it toward the
Sun, the ice and dust begin to vaporize. That vaporized ice and
dust become the comet’s tail. You can see a comet even when
it is very far from Earth. However, when you see a meteor, it’s
in our atmosphere.

ELABORATE (Students apply the information learned in the Explain (10mins.)

through doing more activities)
A. The students will compare and contrast asteroids and comets. PowerPoint presentation
B. The students will choose the answer from the box and put it on the Paper and Pen
Venn diagram.
Venn Diagram
Part I.
Asteroid Comet

Orbit the Sun

Made of rock
Made of ice, gases and dust
Have a bright tail
Part of the solar system
Have no tail
Orbits in the Kuiper belt
Have a coma and nucleus

Part ll.

Meteoroid Meteor

Meteorite

Hit the Earth surface

Enters the Earth’s Atmosphere
Created by the collision of asteroid
Made up of rock

Generalization:
• The elements discussed earlier are asteroid, comet, meteoroid,
meteor, and meteorite.
• The glowing tail of the comet appears when the comet orbit
towards the sun.
 • Meteoroid is created by the collision of asteroids; it may also
come from the debris of a comet.
• Meteor is the meteoroid that enters the earth’s atmosphere.
• Meteorite hits the earth’s surface.

EVALUATE (Assess the learners’ understanding of the topic.) (5mins.)

Google forms
• A short quiz will be given to the pupils through google forms.
• The teacher will send the link to the quiz on the meeting
chatbox.

Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. Which of the choices is an example of a comet?
a. Pluto
b. Ceres
c. Halley
d. Asteroid belt

2. Which of the choices is an example of asteroid?

a. Oort cloud
b. Ceres
c. Halley
d. None of the above

3. Which of the choices is the characteristic of a short period

comet?
a. takes more than 300 years to complete the orbit around the sun.
b. takes less than 300 years to complete the orbit around the sun.
c. takes less than 200 years to complete the orbit around the sun.
d. takes more than 200 years to complete the orbit around the sun.

4. Asteroids are also called?

a. Platenoid
b. Planetiod
c. Planetoid
d. Plenetoid

5.Which of the following will be the rock that hit the earth’s
surface?
a. Meteoroid
b. Meteorite
c. Meteor
d. Comet

EXTEND (Deepen conceptual understanding through use in a new (3mins.)

context, transfer the learning in practical application)
 • The pupils will create an essay about the importance of MS Teams
knowing the origin and characteristics of an asteroid, comet, Essay
meteor, meteorite, and meteoroid using bond paper and pencil.
• The pupils will take a photo of their works and pass it through
the MS teams.
• The teacher will use the rubric below to rate the output of the
pupils.

Excellent Good Satisfactory Needs

5 4 3 improvement
2
Idea Ideas were Ideas were Ideas were Little or no
explanation thoroughly adequately somewhat explanation
explained. explained Explained of ideas
Coherency Extremely Coherent Somewhat Lacks
Coherent writing coherent coherency
writing
Grammar No errors Few errors Some Many errors
errors

REFERENCES
https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/asteroid-or-meteor/en/
https://youtu.be/1VRxT-Hcp-A
https://www.nisenet.org/asteroids
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/asteroid-meteor-meteorite-and-comet-whats-the-
difference/#
https://www.livescience.com/difference-between-asteroids-comets-and-meteors.html