Lesson Plan in Science

Unit 8 Sky P. 1/3

Function What’s Up There? Time: ___ Hrs.

Theme: 8 Standard: 8 (8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5)

1. Learning Outcome:
• Talk about and name objects in the sky during
daytime and night time.
• Talk about how light and heat from the sun is
used on earth.
• Talk about the movement of the sun across the
sky and identify the 4 compass point.
• Name objects in the solar system and describe
their movement.
• Talk about astronauts.

2. Objectives:
• Be able name objects in the sky during daytime
and night time.
• Can talk about how light and heat from the sun
is used on earth.
• Can talk about the movement of the sun across
the sky and identify the 4 compass point.
• Be able to name objects in the solar system and
describe their movement.
• Can talk about astronauts.
3. Content:
• Objects in the sky.
• The solar system.
• People in space.

4. Materials:
• Pictures, real objects, globe, torchlight.

5. Activity for Learning.

Lesson 1

A. 1. Review:
a. What is soil made of?
b. Which type of soil is good for most
plants to grow in?
c. Why is soil important for plants?

B. 1. Discussion:
o Look into the sky during the day. What
things can you see? You might be able to
see clouds, some birds, an aeroplane, or
perhaps a hot air balloon.
o The brightest thing on the sky during the
day is the sun.
o The sun also helps us to stay warm. We
use the heat from the sun to dry our
clothes.
o The heat from the sun is also used to dry
food such as fish, shrimps and fruit.
 o Plants use the light from the sun to make
food. People and other animals eat the
plants.
o You may have noticed that the sun
appears to move across the sky during the
day. The sun always rises in the east and
sets in the west.

2. Concept Formation:
What are the things you can see in the sky
during the day?

3. Fixing Skills:
Answer WB 84
4. Evaluation:
Answer WB 85-86

Lesson 2

A. 1. Review:
What is the brightest in the sky during the
day?

B. 1. Discussion and Observation:

o Lights can pass through some things and
is blocked by other things. When the light
from the sun is blocked by an object, a
shadow is formed.
o The shape of a shadow is like the shape of
the object making the shadow.
o The sky looks different at night. We
cannot see the sun. On a clear night, we
 can see stars. On some nights, we can also
see the moon.
o Although the moon looks bright, it does
not give out any light of its own. The light
we see from the moon comes from the
sun.

2. Concept Formation:
What is a shadow?
What can you in the sky at night?

3. Fixing Skills:
Observe the night sky:

What to do:
1) At night, have your mum or dad
take you to an open area outside that is far
from bright lights.
2) Look at the sky for 5 minutes
and write down or draw a picture of the things
you see.

4. Evaluation:
Answer WB 87.

Lesson 3

A. 1. Review:
What can you see in the sky at day time?
What can you see in the sky at night time?

B. 1. Motivation:
 • Look at the picture on page 136 in your
student book.

2. Discussion:
• The earth is always spinning. It takes the
earth about 24 hours to spin around one
time. The spinning of the earth makes the
sun appear to move across the sky during
the day.
• When a part of the earth is facing the sun,
it is day time. When a part of the earth is
facing away from the sun, it is night time.
• As the earth spins, different parts of the
earth are facing the sun. This causes the
change from day to night.

3. Concept Formation:
How many hours does it take for the
earth to spin at one time?

4. Fixing Skills:
Day and Night on Earth

You will need:

Globe and torchlight

What to do:

1) Have your partner shine the

torchlight on the globe. Think of this
light as the sun.
 2) Slowly turn the globe. Look at what
happens to different spots on the globe.

5. Evaluation:
Answer WB 89.

Lesson 4

A. 1. Review:
1) When the earth is facing the sun, it is
____________.
2) When the earth is facing away from the
sun, it is _____________.

B. 1. Motivation:
• What is the biggest object in the
solar system?
2. Discussion:
• The solar system is made up of the
sun and the eight planets that circle
around it.
• The sun is a star. It is the centre of
the solar system. It is also the biggest
object in the solar system.
• Planets are large objects that are
circle around the sun.
• Comets, asteroids and satellites also
move around the sun.
 3. Concept Formation:
• The solar system is made up of sun
and eight planets that circle around
it.

4. Fixing Skills:
• Recite the 8 planets.

5. Evaluation:
Answer WB 81

Lesson 5

A. 1. Review:
1. What is the center of the solar system?
2. What are the large objects that circle
around the sun?
3. Name the eight planets in the solar
system.

B. 1. Motivation:
• What does a telescope do?
2. Discussion:
• Scientist use telescopes to learn
about our solar system. A telescope
makes objects look closer than they
really are.
• Scientists also send telescopes and
other equipment into space to collect
information or take photographs.
 • People that go into space are called
astronauts.
• Astronauts travel to space in a space
shuttle

3. Concept Formation:
• What are the things that the Scientist
used to learn about our solar system?
• People that go into space are called
_________.

4. Fixing Skills:
Answer WB 94.

5. Evaluation:
Answer page 142 in your student book.