TEP Lesson Plan Template

Lesson Preparation
Grade/Topic/Day Pocket Solar System
4-ES S2-2- Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of
Standard(s) Earth’s features.

Objective(s) The student will organize a scale model of our solar system and analyze the
(Bloom’s/DOK
level) distance of the planets in our solar system.
Materials/ Pencils, paper tape, scissors
Resources/Safety
Technology
Vocabulary/ Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Asteroid Belt, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune,
Academic
Language Pluto, AU
The students will be in groups for discussion and will be independent when
Student Grouping
they build their pocket solar system
Content Process Products
The student will be able The students will The students will be able
Differentiated to explore the planets visually see the distance
to use their knowledge
Instruction order using models. of the planets and theirthat they gain and match
order using a model. their planets with a
partner.
Modifications/ Lowered level students will be given a paper tape that has the Asteroid Belt and
Accommodations Kuiper Belt. Lower level will be paired with students that are higher level.
Learning-Teaching Process Time
Activate I will activate the students interests by asking them if they believe that 5
Student they can carry our solar system in their pocket. min
Anticipatory Set

Interest

I will activate the student’s prior knowledge by asking them if they 5

Activate Prior remember what our planets are and how far do, they think that they are min
Knowledge from each other.

I can build a model of our solar system and give my students an

overview of the distance between the orbital distance of the planet and
“I can”
other objects in our solar system.

Lesson Core Formative Assessment Time

The students will be using planet I will be walking around the 5
models to figure out the order of the classroom and observing what min
planets. The students will be doing the students know.
Content
Exploration this with a partner. Questions:
What differences can you see
between the planets that are
closer to the sun?
 Do you know which are the Gas
Giants?

The students will create their pocket I will be modeling with my 10

solar system. They will learn what the
inner and outer planets. What features
help distinguish the order of the
planets.
Modeling
The students will be sorting out and
pasting the cards that go with each
planet. The sort card will have
Guided Practice questions that the student will need to
figure out which planet it pertains to.
The students will do this in partners.
students by creating the pocket min
solar system with them.
Questions:
What are some ways we
remember the planets?
What is the difference in the
distance between the planets?
Which planets are left to mark
out?
What surprises do you have
about our model?
I will be walk around the 5
classroom and observer which min
students are struggling with the
solar system card sort.

Independent The students will take home a reading activity and answer the questions
Practice/Assignment/ that are on the reading passage.
Homework

After the lesson we will recap on what we just learn. We will recap about 5
our solar system and recall what the outer and inner planets are. We will min
Closure discuss what we learned, and the students will discuss their thoughts and
ask questions on the activity.

Summative Assessment (End of Unit)

The students will have an end of Unit exam on our solar system.

Lesson Reflection (Complete after lesson)

How can I make this assignment more challenging? Can I add more information about our solar
system?
Check List

Does the student Yes Not yet Teacher assist

understand?
What differences can
you see between the
planets that are closer
to the sun?

Know how many

planets are in our
solar system?
Does the student
know which are the
Gas Giants?
Does the student
know which planets
are the terrestrial?
Does the student
grasp the concept of
the distance between
the planets?