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Learning Area Date & Time Content Standard: Activity 1. Constellations in The Night Sky

1) The document outlines a lesson plan on constellations for grade 9 science students. 2) The lesson will teach students to define constellations, describe the apparent motion of stars at night, and group stars into recognizable patterns. 3) Activities include identifying constellations, discussing the movement of stars in the Orion constellation, explaining why some constellations are only visible at certain times of year, and designing a zodiac constellation based on their birthdate.

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Learning Area Date & Time Content Standard: Activity 1. Constellations in The Night Sky

1) The document outlines a lesson plan on constellations for grade 9 science students. 2) The lesson will teach students to define constellations, describe the apparent motion of stars at night, and group stars into recognizable patterns. 3) Activities include identifying constellations, discussing the movement of stars in the Orion constellation, explaining why some constellations are only visible at certain times of year, and designing a zodiac constellation based on their birthdate.

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Learning Area GRADE 9 SCIENCE

Date & Time


Content Standard The Learners demonstrate an understanding of:

The learners demonstrate understanding of constellations and


the information derived from their location in the sky.
Performance The learners shall be able to:
Standard

The learners should be able to debug local myth and folklore


about stars by presenting evidence to convince community
folks.
Learning Show which constellations may be observed at different times
Competency of the year using models (S9ES-IIIj35).

Objectives 1. define constellation;


2. describe the apparent motion of the stars at night;
3. group stars together in a recognizable pattern;
4. design a zodiac constellation of your birthdate using
localized materials;
5. cite uses of constellation during the early years; and
6. explain why some constellations are not seen at certain
months.
Subject Matter Topic: Constellations

Reference: Tarbuck, E.J., & Lutgens, F.K. (2004). Earth


Science Grade 9- (Learning Activity Sheet)

Materials: PPT presentation, Activity Sheets,

Laptop, projector, Speaker


LEARNING ACTIVTIES
Routinary Prayer/ Energizer
Activities Checking of Attendance
Review of the past lesson:

Characteristics of Stars
Are huge celestial bodies made mostly of hydrogen and helium
that produce light and heat from the churning nuclear forges
inside their cores.
Stars differ in many ways according to their characteristics:
brightness, color, surface temperature and size.

Motivation The teacher will show a snapshot from the movie Moana
featuring the hook constellation used by the protagonist to
search for another character and navigate the seas. The
teacher will ask students if they are familiar with other
constellations in the night sky.
1. Were you able to see the sky last night?
2. What objects in the sky did you see?
3. Who among you loves looking at stars? Why?
4. Can you observe some patterns when you look at star at
night?
Presenting new Activity 1. Constellations in the Night Sky
lesson Objectives:
1.define constellations; and
2.group stars together in a recognizable pattern.
What to do:
1.Trace and recognized the given constellation patterns below.
2. Choose your answer inside the hint box.

Lesson Proper Discuss the following:


1.What is constellation?
2. What is the use of constellation?

Activity 2. Apparent Movement of the Stars through the


Night
Objective:
Describe the apparent motion of the stars at night.
What to do:
Focus on one constellation Orion which best seen in the month
of November to February.

Orion is clearly visible in the night sky from November to February.


Orion is in the southwestern sky if you are in the Northern Hemisphere or
the northwestern sky if you are in the Southern Hemisphere. It is best
seen between latitudes 85 and minus 75 degrees. Its right ascension is 5
hours, and its declination is 5 degrees.
Alnilam, Mintaka and Alnitak, which form Orion’s belt, are the most
prominent stars in the Orion constellation. Betelgeuse, the second
brightest star in Orion, establishes the right shoulder of the hunter.
Bellatrix serves as Orion's left shoulder.
The Orion Nebula — a formation of dust, hydrogen, helium and other
ionized gases rather than a star — is the middle "star" in Orion’s sword,
which hangs off of Orion's Belt. The Horsehead Nebula is also nearby.
Other stars in the constellation include Hatsya, which establishes the tip
of Orion's sword that hangs off the belt, and Meissa, which forms Orion's
head. Saiph serves as Orion's right knee. Rigel, Orion’s brightest star,
forms the hunter's left knee.
Guide Questions:
Q1. Compare the position of the stars (Orion) in the sky. What
do you notice?
Q2. How do the stars move? Describe the movement of the
stars in the night sky.
Abstraction Activity 3: Different Star Patterns through the Year
Objective:
Explain why some constellations are not seen at certain
(To be carried by months.
assigned group) What to do:
1.Look at the picture (figure 4) and answer the guide questions
below.
2. Complete the Crossword Puzzle constellation patterns based
on myth. Use the list of constellations to answer the puzzle.
Word across and downward are given as clue.

3. Why we see different star patterns through the year?

CROSSWORD PUZZLE
Application: Activity 4: YOUR ZODIAC CONSTELLATION
Objective:
Design a zodiac constellation of your birthdate using localized
materials.
What to do:
On a separate sheet of paper, look at the figure below, choose
which zodiac sign you belong based on your birthdate and
design it in a creative way.

Rubric for rating the performance:

Evaluation/ Reflection
Assessment Write five sentence practical applications on the importance of
constellation that we observed at different times of the year.
Rubrics for rating the reflection:

Agreement

Prepared by: Checked:


MARICAR FEB A. MATURAN KATHLEEN M. JORNALES
Teacher- I Head/Science Department
Approved:

MARITES M. PETALLO, PhD


Principal IV

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