Compare and contrast comets, meteors, and asteroids

1. Hidden
Treasures of
Knowledge
 there are 6 questions that needs
answer
 answers can be found on the screen
 each question has a corresponding
number, whoever sits on the
armchair with that corresponding
number will get to answer the
question
 student who has the hidden
question will read it aloud and
confirm the answer of his/her
classmate.

2. Hidden
Treasures of
Knowledge
 the student that will answer the
first question will be the next to
read the question to the
designated classmate, and the
sequence follows.
 the student that will get the
correct answer, will receive 10
points, while the student that not
get the correct answer will get 5
 winning students will get a
special treat after the activity

3. COMETS
PANDEMIC
METEORS
THEORY
SUPERSTITIONS
ASTEROIDS

4. Point to think!
Why did the dinosaurs become extinct?

5. Let’s Watch!

6. Let’s ponder!
1. Based on the video
presented, what
caused the extinction
of dinosaurs?
2. Do you agree with
the video
presentation on how
dinosaurs become
extinct? Why? Or
why not?
3. Based on your own
knowledge, what is
the real cause of the
dinosaurs’
extinction? How did
you come with your
own answer?

7. Let’s Watch!

8. How sharp are you?
Using keyword choices,
differentiate the
characteristics of comets,
asteroids and meteors.
Correct answers: 10 pts
Incorrect answers: 5 pts

9. Q1. What is the difference of a comet to an
asteroid?
Made of dust, rock,
and metal with icy
shell
Made up of dust,
rock, and metal

10. Q2. True or False.
Asteroids have long elliptical orbit
True False

11. Q3. What space rock forms in between
Mars and Jupiter?
Comets Asteroids

12. Q4. What are meteoroids?
Pieces of rocky space
debris
Pieces of rocky space
debris that hit the Earth’s
atmosphere

13. Q5. TRUE OR FALSE. Meteoroids can be
found in the Kuiper belt.
TRUE FALSE

14. Q6. TRUE OR FALSE.
According to theory, a meteor shower
caused the extinction of dinosaurs millions
of years ago.
TRUE FALSE

15. Q7. In ancient Greece, what does the term
“meteor” mean?
A phenomena of good
omen sent from the
heaven above
Celestial phenomena,
things in heaven above

16. Q8. What do you call the meteor that
successfully passed through the Earth’s
atmosphere?
Meteoroid Meteorite

17. Truth or Myth?
superstitious beliefs
on comets, asteroids,
and meteors

18. When you see a shooting star what do you
do?

19. Truth or
Myth?

20. Truth or Myth?
When a star gets
near the moon, it
is an omen of war

21. Truth
or
Myth?
The lucky dates of the twelve months of the year are the
following:
January 1, 3, 4, 5, 28, 29
February 2, 4, 5, 17, 26, 27, 28
March 2, 3, 8, 9, 10 April 2, 6, 25, 26, 27
May 1, 2, 3, 4, 12, 13, 18, 20
June 3, 5, 16, 19, 24, 30
July 4, 12, 15, 19, 26
August 6, 9, 14, 19, 26, 31
September 3, 12, 20, 21, 29
October 7, 12, 17, 24, 29, 30
November 1, 2, 11, 18, 23, 28
December 5, 8, 16, 20, 24, 25

22. Superstitious
beliefs
Belief or notion, not based on reason or
knowledge, in or of the ominous
significance of a particular thing,
circumstance, occurrence, proceeding,
or the like.

23. Truth or
Myth?

24. What’s your
opinion?

25. Truth or
Myth?