This lesson plan was prepared by Rana

KARATAY with her university students

from Anatolia University İrem DEMİRBAĞ

and Bilal KARABÖRK

• Grade/Level : Grade4 /Beginner • Number of Students: 20-30

• Subject : Solar System

• Classroom Time: Two 45-minute class sessions for this project.

Materials: Masks, Ballons, Flashcards, Board, Pictures, PowerPoint, Video,Hands-out

Behavioral Objectives: By the end of the

lesson, the students will be able to: recognize specific words related with the

subject. ( Planet, space, rotate etc ) understand the structure of the solar

system

identify the names of planets (Mercury,

Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Sun) in its order.

indicate the features of the planets by doing a matching activity.

draw the pictures of planets.

Prerequisites

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.

WARM- UP

• T: Hi, students. How are you today.

• Ss: …….

• T: Very good. I Am fine, too.

• T: What did you do yesterday?

• Ss:……

Lead in

• T:Now look to the outside. Do you see sunshine?

• S: ……..

• T: Do you know where it comes from?

• Ss:……………….

• T: Nice. Sun is a star or a planet.

• Ss:………..

• T: Sun is a star and the Earth is a planet. The Earth is in the solar system and there are 7 more planets. Let’s watch a video and see How big they are and How far from the sun? Okay. (Teacher plays a video and students watch it. )

• This video is avaible in our web site.

Procedure

• T:Teacher shows a model of The sun and asks to the students. What is this?

• Ss:……..

• T: Good. This is sun and the only star in the solar system. The sun rotates around itself. Who wants to be the sun. (A student comes in front of the class and the teacher gives her a big yellow balloon and a yellow crown written ‘Sun’ in front of it.)

• The student says ‘ My name is sun and I

am rotating around myself’ (The teacher

sketches sun on the board at the center.)

• T: Now. This is the first planet from the

sun and This is the smallest one. The

teacher shows a picture of the ‘mercury’ to

the students

• T: Do you know the name of this planet?

• Ss:……

• T: This planet is mercury. And It rotates

around the sun. Repeat after me.

‘mercury’

• Ss: Mercury

• T: Very good. Who wants to be ‘mercury’

A student comes in front of the class and

stands next to the sun. The teacher gives

him a model of ‘ mercury and a crown

written ‘ Mercury on it’. The student says

my name is ‘ mercury’ and He rotes one

time around the sun.

The teacher sticks the picture of the

mercury on the board near to sun and he

writes ‘mercury’ under it. That goes on like

this for the other planets ( Venus, Earth,

Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune)

and students makes a big model of The

solar system in the class.

PRACTICE

• T: Alright, let's repeat the names of planets

one more time. First planet? It's the

closest planet to sun and the smallest.

• S: Mercury!

• T: Very good. What about the second

one? It's the brightest planet.

• S: Venus!

• T: Well done. There is life in the planet and its satellite is moon. What is its name?

• S: Earth!

• T: Yes it's our planet! Okay, what is the forth planet? Its color is red.

• S: Mars!

• T: Very good. The fifth one? It's the biggest planet.

• S: Jupiter!

• T: Good on you and the sixth planet? I like it because it has many ring.

• S: Saturn!

• T: Well done. What about the seventh planet? It has also rings but small rings.

• S: Uranus!

• T: Yes and its brother planet and the farthest planet to sun?

• S: Neptune!

• T: You are great! Now, tell me the last one. But it's a star and the hottest star.

• S: Sun!

A. Activity I

• T: Well done. You know well all of them.

Well, let's do an activity. (The teacher

shows the worksheet.) Write the names of

planets in the blanks. But pay attention the

order of the planet. You have 5 minutes.

• (Teacher hands out the worksheets.)

• T: Have you finished it?

• S: Yes.

• T: Okay who wants to tell us the first one? Yes,

Şebnem.

• S: Sun!

• T: Very good. What about the second one? Yes

Selim.

• S: Mercury.

• T: Thank you Selim. The third one?

• (Checking goes on like this.)

• Answer Key: 1.Sun 2.Mercury 3.Venus

4.Earth 5.Mars 6.Jupiter 7.Saturn 8.Uranus

9.Neptune

Activity I

Write the names of planets

Activity 2

Match the planets with their correct features.

• 2. The brightest

planet

• 4. The farthest planet

to sun

• 1. The closest planet

to sun

• The smallest planet

3. There is life

• Its satellite is moon

• 5. It has many rings

• 7. It is seventh planet.

It has rings.

• 6. Its color is red. It is

called as red planet.

8. The largest planet.

• It is called as gas

planet.

FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES

• The students could draw pictures of the

their planets.

• They can give it a name and some

features to the planets.

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