Name: Larissa Diez Section: 001 Date: 11/11/19

Lesson Plan Title: Earth Space and Science: Characteristics of Planets

Grade Level: 5th Grade

Subject/Content: Science/ Planets

Standard: SC.5.E.5.2

Standard description: Recognize the major common characteristics of all planets and
compare/ contrast the properties of inner and outer planets.

Objective/Purpose:
The learner will…
Recognize the major common characteristics of all planets and compare/contrast the
properties of inner and outer planets.

Anticipatory Set (HOOK) Write a script as you plan to say it in a minute or less. A hook is not
instructions to the students or an explanation of the lesson plan, do not memorize, it is not a speech.

“I am the Sun”
“I am Mercury”
“I am Venus “
“I am Earth”
“I am Mars”
“I am Jupiter”
“I am Saturn”
“I am Uranus”
“I am Neptune”
“… and together we are the Solar System”

Description of visual aid, prop, or model or slide you will use in the set:

People will hold up the visual aids for their planet as they say the name and then the audience
can see what they look like to distinguish different physical features.
Required Materials for Lesson:
Doc cam, notebooks, computer for teacher presentation, computers/ Ipads for students,
playdough/ clay, poster sheets, markers, glue

Step-By-Step Plan: (What exactly do you plan to do in teaching this lesson?)

1. Start off the lesson with a discussion on the solar system and the 8 Planets, Inner vs.

Outer, Closest and farthest, and Earths Location. Answers to the guided questions will

be written on the document camera, and students will be instructed to take notes in their

science notebooks.

2. On the same page, students will create a chart with 8 boxes, and label each one with

the planets in order, then watch a video on the planets in the solar system and add a

fact about each one to their notes.

3. . Students will get in pairs and research properties about the inner and outer planets

and complete the planet research worksheet. The worksheet will then be glued into their

science notebooks. Each student will then receive another worksheet to glue in their

notebook that asks them to label each planet and they will complete it then glue it in

their notebook.

4. Students will work in groups to complete a model of the solar system using the

information they learned about the planets in class. It will be a 3D model using

playdough. They will break apart and work independently to create a small poster that

contains information about each planet: small illustration of each planet (they should

make the sizes of the illustrations in relation to the other planets), if it is inner/outer,

important characteristics of each planet or facts about the planet that make it unique,
5. The models will be displayed with the students posters and they will all walk around

the classroom to view the other group’s work. The class will then take part in another

discussion on the topics they have learned throughout the class, and will be asked to

state one fact that they found particularly interesting about the solar system/ planets.

Closure Statement: (is not necessarily an end point, but more of a final “check for
understanding” used at the end of a class period.)
The final discussion will be used to guide the end of class and once all students are
done with the discussion I will ask the students if there are any concepts they don’t
understand by asking them to give me a thumbs up if they think they could take a test
on all the planets right now, a sideways thumbs up if they understand but want to learn
more about some planets, and a thumbs down if they don’t understand and need more
information on most of the planets.

Assessment/Evaluation: (How will you know if students have mastered your objective? Must
state whether it is formative or summative.)

Summative: The student can choose a planet to focus on and create a separate 3D model of
and describe characteristics of what makes it an Inner/Outer planet and how it compares to the
other Inner/ Outer planets. They will be asked to present it to the class.

If they had an inner planet, they will then be asked to choose someone in the class with an
outer planet to compare characteristics and submit a T chart comparing facts of their planets.
Students with outer planets will do the same, but with a student who had an inner planet.

There will be a rubric used to grade the students understanding and thus far.

Specific Accommodations: (Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) A specific learning disability

is defined as a disorder in one or more of the basic learning processes involved in understanding or in using
language, spoken or written, that may manifest in significant difficulties affecting the ability to listen, speak, read,
write, spell, or do mathematics. Associated conditions may include, but are not limited to, dyslexia, dyscalculia,
dysgraphia, or developmental aphasia.
 For students with ADHD, I will make it seem as though they are not being treated
differently than all the other students because I will have all the students use the ADHD
accommodations. My lesson plan is set up to have many different types of assignments,
and movement around the room and students won’t feel stuck in one seat struggling to
pay attention. Since I incorporated notebooks into my lesson plan their notebooks will all
be color coordinated so that they can look through their notes and find things faster.
Most of the work is done in groups or pairs, and then the students will have someone to
guide them if they are not able to focus. I will walk around during all of their work time
and check in to make sure all the students feel comfortable with their working
arrangements and help when I’m needed. There will be bean bag chairs as a back up
option for seating if students with or without ADHD want to move around during
designated independent working time, the carpet will be another area where they can
work.

Source/Citation: Use link/date/name (note: if your plan is original let me know here)

https://www.cpalms.org/Public/PreviewResourceLesson/Preview/30675

I used this lesson plan as an outline to guide me on creating mine but found different worksheets and
assignments on Pinterest to put into it to make it my own. I changed some things around so that it
would fit my classroom design better

Items used from other sources:

Planet Research Worksheet

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FREE-Planet-Research-Worksheet-222661

Planet System Worksheet

https://www.anythin.info/2nd-grade-solar-system-worksheets/

Solar System Chart

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/590464201130178392/