Science Cross-Specialization Training
Science Cross-Specialization Training
SCIENCE CROSS-SPECIALIZATION
TRAINING
Science Department Learning Action Cell
July 19, 2019
San Roque National High School
GENERAL OBJECTIVES:
At the end of 4-hours session, the participants should be able to:
1. Infer the characteristics of stars based on the characteristics of
the Sun. (S9ES-IIIg-32)
2. Infer that the arrangement of stars in a group (constellation)
does not change (S9ES-IIIh-28)
3. Observe that the position of constellations changes in the
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course of the night. (S9ES-IIIi-34)
4. Discuss whether or not popular beliefs and practices with
regard to constellations and astrology have scientific basis.
5. Construct a lesson plan using 5Es model on Constellations.
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Close your eyes and imagine you are looking
at the night sky while feeling the breeze of
fresh air. https://www.pinterest.ph/pin/337136722097796088
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What celestial bodies did you
imagine to be looking at in the night
sky?
Group 1 “ The Sun and Stars”
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Guide Questions:
1. What do the dots represent?
2. How are constellations formed?
3. Give at least 3 familiar constellations, why are these familiar to you?
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4. Why are constellations important in mapping individual stars?
Activity 3 “The Rotating Earth”
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Group 4 “Mythology in Gemini”
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Group 2 “Let’s Do the Dots!”
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Guide Questions:
1. What do the dots represent?
2. How are constellations formed?
3. Give at least 3 familiar constellations, why are these familiar to you?
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4. Why are constellations important in mapping individual stars?
Video presentation
Constellations
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Activity 3 “The Rotating Earth”
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Video presentation
Rotating Earth
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Group 4 “Mythology in Gemini”
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A. Characteristics of Stars
The five characteristics used to classify stars are colors, temperature, sizes,
composition and brightness.
A star color depends on its temperature.
Super Giants are very large stars, and use their hydrogen very fast and die young. They
will eventually die and explode into a supernova or nova, and may become a black
hole.
Super Giants are very bright, but cooler on the surface.
Majority of stars are main sequence stars, like our sun. They convert hydrogen into
helium in their cores releasing a large amount of energy.
When a star runs out of hydrogen in its core, fusion stops and the star increases in size
up to 100 times.
Most stars are about 73% Hydrogen, 25% Helium and 2% other elements.
Cooler stars redder, while the hottest stars are blue – white.
Astronomers use an instrument called a spectrograph to determine the elements in
stars.
SCIENCE CROSS-SPECIALIZATION Teaching and Learning Division
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION EARTH AND SPACE
Constellations
are star patterns in the night sky
Importance
1. Religious belief
2. Predicting seasons for farming
3. Directional compass
4. Help find objects in the night sky
International Astronomical Union
88 official constellations
As the Earth completes its orbit around the Sun,
different constellations become visible to us.
Notable Constellations
Hydra – biggest
Crux – smallest
Centaurus – largest number of visible stars
Canis major – contains the brightest star
Sirius – brightest
Mensa - faintest
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Cite and explain briefly
3 characteristics of
stars.
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Why does the position
of constellations
changes in
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the night?
Discuss whether or not
popular beliefs and
practices with regard to
constellations
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astrology have scientific
basis.
•Construct a lesson plan using
5Es model on Constellations.
•Refer to the Curriculum
Guide in choosing your topic.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION EARTH AND SPACE
“Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.”
-Theodore Roosevelt
Walt Whitman
THANK YOU..!