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Joseph College of Bulacan

San Jose Patag, Sta. Maria, Bulacan

Detailed Lesson Plan in Science VI

I- Objective: Identify stars according to color, size and brightness.

II- Learning Objectives:
A. Subject Matter: “Characteristics of Stars”
1. Concept
 Stars vary in color, size and brightness. Stars maybe blue, white,
yellow, red and black in color. In size, some stars are bigger or
smaller than others. Not all stars that appear at night shine with the
same brightness.
2. Process Skills
Observing, Communicating and Classifying
B. Reference: Building Knowledge in Science and Health VI pp. 189-191
Into the Future: Science and Health VI pp. 245-254
C. Materials: puzzle (star), picture, dye, cotton, instructional device
D. Value Focus: Appreciate the works of God
III- Learning Procedure:
A. Preliminary Activities
1. Prayer
2. Greetings
B. Developmental Activities
Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity
1. Review

Class, what device is use to magnify and view

distance objects? Ma’am, we call it Telescope.

Correct.

Can you give me examples of a telescope? The different types of telescope are:
1. Refracting telescope
2. Reflecting telescope
3. Spectroscope
4. Radio telescope
That’s right.

2. Motivation
Class, do you want to play a game? Yes Ma’am

Good, Now I will group you into four. Each

group will select a leader and a secretary.

(grouping the class) Group 1- Betelgeuse

Group 2- Polaris
Group 3-Sirius
Group 4- Capella

Have you already selected you leader and

secretary? Yes Ma’am

Just a reminder, when were having a group

activity, discuss with your group mate silently.
Avoid disturbing other groups. Do you
understand? Yes Ma’am

The leaders and the assistant will represent

each group.

I have here a jigsaw puzzle, what your going to

do is to arrange this puzzle to form a figure.

I will just give you fifteen seconds to assemble

the puzzle.

The representatives, please come forward. (Selected students come forward)

Your time starts now!

(Selected students assemble the puzzle)
Wow, very good. Give our winning group a
firecracker clap. 1.2.3.4….clap

Class, what figure is form in the puzzle? a “Star”

Do you know what a star is? A Star is a ball of fire that can be seen during
at night.

That’s right Aside from that? Stars are huge ball of gas made of hydrogen
and helium.

Exactly. Can we consider our sun as a star? Yes ma’am.

Why do you think so? The sun is the nearest star in our planet.

Any other answer? The sun gives off light and energy to our
planet.
That’s correct.

3. Presentation
May I call a volunteer? A student comes forward to volunteer.

I want you to dip the clean cotton to the

solution in the container. Gently rub the
moisten cotton to the cartolina. The student follows the instructions.

What word/words came out from the box after

rubbing the cotton from it? “The Stars and its Characteristics”

That’s right. You may now go back to your sit.

Group Capella and Betelgeuse, please read. The Stars and its Characteristics.

The Star is a huge ball of gas made up of

hydrogen and helium. The stars main source of
energy is by itself. Helium provides the fuel
that produces the light energy of the star.

4. Discussion
There are three main characteristics of a star.
The first one is the Color.

Have you sometimes observe the sky and

watched the stars at night? Yes Ma’am.

What have you observe? Do all stars have the

same color? I notice that the stars have different colors.
Some are blue, others are red and also there is
yellow and white one.
Correct. Stars have different colors.
What do you think is the reason why the stars
have different colors? Ma’am, I think it’s because of the temperature.

Precisely. The color of the stars relates to its

temperature. The hottest star is bluish in color.
Next to its temperature is the white one,
followed by the yellow star. Our sun is a star.
The color of the surface is yellow. Next to the
yellow star is the red star. Mostly, what we see
in our sky during night time are red stars and
they are the coolest stars. When the star dies
because it has no more fuels to burn, it
becomes death star. That is black in color or
also known as the black hole.

Do you know what a blackhole is? A black hole has a very huge gravitational pull
that it sucks all the near objects around it.
Very Good.

Next characteristic of a star is the Brightness.

Do all stars shine the same? No Ma’am.

Have you seen lines of lamp post in your

baranggay or street? Yes Ma’am.

Okay, let’s assume that the lamp posts in the

streets are the stars. What do you observe on
the lamp posts that are near you? They are much brighter and look bigger.

How about the lamp post those are very far?

Are they brighter or looks dimmer afar? The lamp posts that are far usually look less
bright because they look smaller afar.
Precisely. There are two factors that determine
the brightness of a star.

a. Luminosity- measures how much the energy

it gives off per unit in time.

b. Distance- measures how far the star is

located from us.

The third characteristic of stars is Size.

Do all stars have the same size? No Ma’am, stars have different size. There are
big stars, medium stars and dwarf stars.
Very Good. Stars have different sizes. What
happened if the star is bigger? Does it have
shorter or longer life? I think Ma’am it has shorter life. Big stars
consume their energy more because of their
size.
Precisely. There are different sizes in stars. The
size affects the brightness of the star. If the star
is too big, it will consume lots of energy. The
bigger the star is, the shorter the life span is.

Do stars can also be called distant stars? Why?
That’s it. Another question, why do you think
we cannot see the stars during day time? Do
stars only show at night?
Yes, because our sun is a star, so the stars that
is far away from us can be called distant suns.
The reason is that the light of the sun outshines
 the brightness or the light of the stars. That is
why during daytime, we cannot see stars when
the sun is still up there in the sky.
Very Good. Why do you think the stars
twinkle? Ma’am, this is because of our atmosphere.

What about our atmosphere? What’s the

relation of the atmosphere in the twinkling of
the stars? Because the atmosphere is moving so the light
refracts from it causing the stars to twinkle.
Exactly. Stars twinkle when we see them from
the Earth's surface because we are viewing
them through thick layers of turbulent
(moving) air in the Earth's atmosphere. But the
light of the stars reach our planet in straight
pattern. The twinkling of stars is called Stellar
Scintillation.

5. Generalization

So, what can you say about stars? What is a

star? Stars are huge ball of fire made up of hydrogen
and helium. The stars are also called distant
sun because the sun is also a star.

What are the main characteristics of a star? These are Color, Brightness and Size.

What about the Color? The color determines the temperature of the
star.
Exactly. What are the different colors of the
stars, from hottest to coolest? blue-white-yellow-red-black(black hole)

Excellent. How about the Brightness? What are

the factors that affect it? Luminosity and Distance.

What does luminosity measures? Luminosity measures the energy that the stars
give off per unit in time.

What about Distance? Distance measures how far the star is located
from us.

Very Good. What is the last characteristic of

the star? And what does it tell? The Size. It also affects the brightness and the
life of a star. The bigger the star is the shorter
life span it has.

Excellent. Why do stars twinkle? Because the stars light is being refracted or
bent when it reach the earth’s atmosphere. So
we can see the stars twinkle.
Very Good.

6. Application
What do you think will happen if the stars are
too near to our planet? Or there are more than
two suns in our solar system? Probable answers:
The earth will die because of excessive heat
coming from more than two suns near us. or

The planet will explode or melt like an ice

cream.
IV- Evaluation
Identify what is being described in the given items below.
____________1. Measures how far the star is located from us.
____________2. A gaseous ball of fire made up of helium and hydrogen.
____________3. The scientific name for twinkling of stars.
____________4. The color of the hottest star.
____________5. Measures the energy it gives off per unit in time.
____________6. It is also called “death star”.
____________7. The movement of the atmosphere on earth.
____________8. Nearest star on our planet.

V- Assignment:
Observe the sky during night time. Answer the following on your notebook.
1. What color of the star has the majority in the sky?
2. Do the stars shine the same?
3. Why the stars called distant sun?

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Mr. Cherry Mar B. Galvez Mr. Francisco M. Bonifacio
Critic Teacher Jose Juan Serapio Elementary School
Principal

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Daisy Rose P. Escanilla
Student- Teacher