Republic of the Philippines

PANGASINAN STATE UNIVERSITY

Bayambang Campus,
Bayambang Pangasinan

A DETAILED LESSON PLAN

IN SCIENCE 9:
CONSTELLATIONS
(Constellations at Different Times
of the Year)

Prepared By: Cooperating Teacher:

Mauren T. Castel Mrs. Jocelyn C. Montada
Teaching Intern Master Teacher I
 Date of March 29, 2023 Grade/Section Grade 9 – Tin
Implementation Francium
Antimony
Boron

Subject Teacher Mauren T. Castel Learning Area Science

Time Allotment 50 minutes Quarter THIRD (Earth Science)

DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN SCIENCE 9

I. OBJECTIVES
A. Content Standards The learners demonstrate understanding of the relationship between the visible
constellations in the sky and Earth’s position along its orbit.

B. Performance Standards The learners should be able to discuss whether or not popular beliefs and practices with
regard to constellations and astrology have scientific basis.

C. Learning Competencies The learners should be able to show which constellations may be observed at different
times of the year using models. (S9ES – IIIj34)

D. Objective At the end of a 50-minute discussion, the learners should be able to:
 Describe a constellation and its origin;
 Identify some constellations observed in the northern and southern hemisphere.

II. CONTENT CONSTELLATIONS

III. LEARNING
RESOURCES
A. References
1.Teachers Guide pages S9 TG pp. 161-162
2.Learner’s Material pages S9 LM pp. 217-223
B. OTHER ADM Science 9 Quarter 3 Module 6 pp.7-9
RESOURCES Exploring Life Through Science 9 pp. 346-350

IV. PROCEDURE
S
Teaching Hint Teacher’s Student’s IM’s
Activity Activity
PRELIMINARY
ACTIVITIES 1. Greetings Class, let us all stand for our short prayer. (Student from the
Who wants to lead the prayer? class will lead the
prayer)

2. Prayer Thank you. Good morning, class! Before Good morning,

you take your seats please arrange your ma’am (students
 chairs and personal belongings. Also pick arrange their chairs
up any piece of paper on the floor. and personal
belongings. They also
3. Setting of pick up some papers
Classroom on the floor)
Rules
Who’s absent today? (Student will answer)
Okay. Thank you. How are you today? (Student response
4. Checking may vary)
of Attendance

A. Reviewing
previous lesson ELICIT Before we proceed to our new topic, let’s
(5 minutes) have a short recap about you previous
lesson.

When you look at the sky, what do you

see? Do you see images of animals or
objects?

Ma’am, we discussed
What have you learned from the last
the 5 characteristics
meeting?
of Star.

Ma’am!
1. Brightness
And what are those? 2. Color
3. Temperature
4. Size
5. Mass
Okay! Very Good!

B. Presenting
examples/insta ENGAGE
nces of the new (15 minutes)
lesson
Observers in ancient times also imagined
group of stars that form pictures of animals,
objects and people. These imaginary
groups of stars are called constellations.
C. Discussing new
concepts and EXPLORE According to Anaxagoras, the purpose of
practicing new (5 minutes) life is the investigation of the sun, the moon,
skills and the heavens. In the Philippines,
believing in horoscopes and zodiac signs
are one of the unique culture of Filipinos,
 because they believe that each zodiac sign
has an impact in making decisions whether
for business and love life. But are these
zodiac signs helpful and useful in making a
sound decision? Or perhaps, it is just a
normal phenomenon that happens every
day. In this module you will learn about
constellations, its origin and beliefs. But
before that, try to name at least five zodiac
signs including the specific month.

Directions: Give at least 5 zodiac signs

including the month.

Guide Questions:

1. What are the animals or objects

associated to zodiac signs? 2. What zodiac
sign is represented by the water and covers
the dates from January 21 to February 19?
3. What sign of the zodiac is known as 'The
Twins'?

D. Developing
mastery

E. Finding
practical EXPLAIN Let’s now proceed to our discussion.
application of (20 minutes)
concepts and Have you seen patterns in the sky at night?
skills in daily Due to the difference in apparent
living magnitude of the stars, you are able to see
patterns in the sky and these patterns are
called constellations. The word
constellation from the Latin word “con”
means Group and “stella” means stars.
However, constellations are more than just
patterns in the sky. The International
Astronomical Union (IAU) defined
constellations as boundaries in the sky to
aid determining locations of newly
discovered astronomical objects. The more
recognizable patterns of stars are known as
 asterism. Big Dipper is an example of an
asterism that is in the constellation Ursa
Major. This history of constellation is
passed from generation to generation
including the beliefs about sun and moon,
however due to some circumstances this
information about stars were not preserved.
As of today, we have 88 constellations that
astronomers studied and most of these
stars are based on Greek groups and there
are also 48 accredited constellations
recorded in Ptolemy's almagest.

F. Making
generalization ELABORATE From the earliest times the star groups Students will raise
and (2 minutes) known as constellations, the smaller groups hand.
abstractions (parts of constellations) known as
about the asterisms, and also individual stars have Ma’am the
lesson received names connoting some movements are
meteorological phenomena or symbolizing
religious or mythological beliefs. At one 1. Earth’s
time it was held that the constellation rotation
names and myths were of Greek origin; this around its
view has now been disproved, and an axis.
examination of the Hellenic myths 2. Earth’s
associated with the stars and star groups in revolution
the light of the records revealed by the around the
deciphering of Mesopotamian cuneiforms sun.
leads to the conclusion that in many, if not
all, cases the Greek myth has a
Mesopotamian parallel. The Earliest Greek
work that purported to treat the
constellations as constellations, of which
there is a certain knowledge, is the
Phainomena of Eudoxus of Cnidus (c. 395-
337 BCE). The original is lost but a
versification by Aratus (c. 315-245 BCE), a
poet at the court of Antigonus II Gonatas,
king of Macedonia, is extant, as is a
commentary by Hipparchus (mid-2nd
century BCE)

G. Evaluating
learning EVALUATE Teacher will give an activity.
(3 minutes) The students will
What’s More follow.
Activity: FIND THAT STAR PUZZLE
H. Additional
activities for EXTEND Assignment:
application or (3 minutes)
remediation ACTIVITY 2: WHAT IS THE NAME?
ADM pp 11-12
Goodbye and thank
you Ma’am!
3. Remarks

4. Reflection
(Reflection on
your teaching
and assesses
yourself as a
teacher)