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Demonstrator:

Precy Ann M. Camacho:


LET US PRAY

MOTIVATION
“ARRANGE ME”
3 minutes

End
What do you
think is our
topic for
today?
Meteoroids,
Meteors
and
Meteorites
OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the lesson, the students should
be able to:
a) define the meteoroid, meteor and
meteorite,
b) appreciate the importance of meteorite
in studying the occurrence of different
elements and compounds on Earth
and;
c) list down the meteorites here in the
Philippines that have been accepted
internationally.
ENGAGE
“LET’S NAME IT”
3 MINUTES

STOP
EXPLORE
“WATCH AND LEARN”
EXPLAIN
“Meteoroids, Meteors
And Meteorites”
Meteoroid
• A broken up rock and dust
from either a comet, asteroid,
the Moon, or from Mars.
• A meteoroid can be as small
as a grain of sand or as big as
a boulder.
Meteor
• A light phenomenon or a
streak of light that occurs
when a meteoroid burns up as
it enters Earth’s atmosphere.
• A meteor moves swiftly and
seems to fall on the ground.
Meteorite

•It is a meteoroid that


reaches the ground
and survives impact.
Barringer Crater, Arizona
Tswaing, South Africa

New Quebec, Canada


Differences between
Meteoroids, Meteors
and Meteorites
Meteoroid is a “space rock”
that is still in space.

Meteor is a meteoroid
that burns up in the
earth’s atmosphere.
(Shooting Star)

Meteorite is a
meteoroid that hits
the earth’s surface.
Some Examples of
Famous Annual
Meteor Shower
CONSTELLATION
SOURCE OF NAME OF THE (WHERE THE
MONTH METEOROID METEOR METEOR
SHOWER SHOWER SEEM
TO COME FROM)
August Comet Swift - Perseid Perseus
Tuttle
October Comet 21P/ Draconid Draco
Giacobini -
Zinner
October Comet Halley Orionid Orion

November Comet Tempel - Leonid Leo


Tuttle
November Comet Encke Taurid Taurus

December Asteroid 3200 Geminid Gemini


Five Meteorites
Found in the
Philippines
(Internationally
Validated)
YEAR OF PLACE TYPE CHEMICAL
METEORITE DISCOVERY DISCOVERED COMPOSITION
Pampanga 1859 Pampanga Stony Iron-Nickel,
Ferrous
sulfide,
Magnesium
iron silicate,
Calcium-
Aluminum
intrusions,
pyroxene
Paitan 1910 Paitan, Stony Iron,
Ilocus Magnesium
silicate,
METEORITE YEAR OF PLACE TYPE CHEMICAL
DISCOVERY DISCOVERED COMPOSITION

Calivo 1916 Western Stony Not yet


Visayas determined

Pantar 1938 Central Stony Iron,


Mindanao Meteor Magnesium
ite iron silicate,
pyroxene

Bondoc 1956 Southern Stony- Metallic iron-


Tagalog iron nickel;
silicates
ELABORATE
End

5 Minutes
EVALUATE
1. It is a broken up rock and
dust from either a comet,
asteroid, the Moon, or from
Mars.
a) Star
b) Meteoroid
c) Meteor
d) Meteorite
2. A meteoroid that reaches
the ground and survives
impact.
a)Star
b)Meteoroid
c)Meteor
d)Meteorite
3. The following are types
of meteorite except:
a)stony
b)stony – iron
c)Iron sandy
d)iron meteorites
4.

a) Star
b) Meteoroid
c) Meteor
d) Meteorite
5.

a) Star
b) Meteoroid
c) Meteor
d) Meteorite
Let’s Check It!!!
Answer Key:
1) B. Meteoroid
2) D. Meteorite
3) C. Iron sandy
4) B. Meteoroid
5) C. Meteor

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