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Solar System A LESSON PLAN WITH PHOTOS

DIVE IN THE SKY COMENIUS PROJECT TURKEY

• Grade/ Level: 4th • Skill: Solar System • Number of Students: 20-30

• This lesson plan was prepared by Rana KARATAY with her university students from Anatolia University Aysun AYDOĞDU, Esad AYGÜN, Kübra AKYÜZ

• Assumed knowledge: Instructions, name of classroom objects, some action verbs and some words about their hobbies, can for ability, possessive adjectives, words about daily routine, simple present tense.

• Materials: Masks, photos, balloons,

flashcards, pictures, powerpoint and videos

Overall Objective

• Recognizing our solar system.

Learning outcomes;

• By the end of the lesson, students will be able to • Identify solar system and the name of the planets • Recognize the order of planets in our solar system. • Write the names of the planets.

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• Identify and explain basic information about the planets. NOTES:We need to add Pluto, and has its own moon, Charon.

PHOTOS

T : The teacher Ss : Students • • • • •

WARM UP: Take attention to the lesson

T: Hi students. Ss: Hii teacher. T: How are youuu? Ss: I am fine thanks and you. T: I am fine, thank you. Did you do your homework? (Teacher wanted them to search about solar system last week.) • Ss: Yees. • T: What is the homework? • Ss: Solar system

WHILE ACTIVITY • (Teacher attaches the picture which shows solar system on the board.) • T: Now, what is it? • Ss: Suun. • T: Yees, it is sun. Today, we will learn our solar system. Are you ready? • Ss: Yes

• What is it? (showing Mercury) • Ss: Merkür. • T: “Mercury” please repeat after me “Mercury”. • Ss: Mercury • (Teacher writes its name on the board.) • T: It is the first planet, right? • Ss: Yess. • T: Is it small or big? (She uses her body language) • Ss: Small.

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Yees. Noow, look at this. What is it? Ss: Venüs T: Yes it is Venüs. Repeat after me “Venus” Ss: Venus. T: (She writes it on the board under the picture of Venus.) Just this group please. • Ss: Venuus. • (Each group repeats the word to correct the pronounciation.) • The activity goes on like this for each planet.

• T:We have an activity for you. • Unscramble the names of the planets E C R M Y U R - -- - - - - - - - --

S U E N V -- - - - - - - -

RTEHA---------

RMAS----

TAURSN------

UNASRU------------

PIRJUTE---------

EPNUNET------------

Answer key: mercury, Venus, earth mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune

Kinesthetic Solar System • Teacher gives 8 planet’s mask to 8 student and stars for the rest of the class. • Teacher is Sun at the center and planets rank around her and stars stand also. • Mercury is the second and a few paces away from the sun.This student circles the sun. • They make a video together and in a line all planets tell their own features. They turn around the sun.

Checking the Understanding • In order to check the understanding after the kinesthetic solar system activity, the teacher gives True / False questions • A) Apart from the planets, our solar system also has asteroids and comets. • B) Our solar system is 200 years old. • C) All the planets except Uranus orbit the sun. • called the red planet.

• D) Neptune is the largest planet in the solar system. • E) Venus is the hottest and the brightest planet in the solar system. • F) Mars is also called the red planet.

FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITY • The inner planets are warmer, and rockier. The outer planets are cooler and gaseous. • The teacher wants them search its reason? • ANSWER: because of distance to the Sun.