Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education

Region X

Division of Bukidnon

Pangantucan IV District
School LANGCATAON NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL Grade level 9
Student Teacher DEVINE GRACE R. FABILLAR Learning Area SCIENCE
Date & Time MARCH 12,2024; 8:25-9:15 & 1:50-2:40 Quarter 3

I. OBJECTIVES
A. Content Standards The learners demonstrate an understanding of the relationship
between the visible constellations in the sky and Earth’s position
along its orbit.
B. Performance Standards The learners shall 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 infer the characteristic of stars
Objectives (Write the code based on the characteristics of the Sun. (S9ES-IIIg-32)
for each LC)
a. Describe the characteristics of stars with regard to their size.
D. Specific Objective b. Compare the sun’s size to other stars.
c. Discuss the importance of stars
E. Integration of Content English, Science (Solar System)
Within and Across
Curriculum
II. CONTENT Characteristics of Stars: Size
III. LEARNING
RESOURCES
A. References
1. Teacher’s Guide pp. 210-213
Pages
2. Learner’s Material pp. 211-216
Pages
3. Textbook Pages
4. Additional Materials
from LR Portal
Images from google.com
B. Other Learning https://youtu.be/HEheh1BH34Q
Resources http://www.sciencerhymes.com.au/your-space-poems-2017.html

Teacher’s Activity/ies Learner’s Expected

IV. PROCEDURES
Response/s
A. Reviewing previous Elicit (2 minutes)
lesson or presenting Post the poem entitled “A Date with the
the new lesson Sun” by Shamna and let the students
read.

http://www.sciencerhymes.com.au/your- Answers may vary.

space-poems-2017.html
 Guide Question:
1. Do you agree with the author’s view?
Do you think the sun will explode?

B. Establishing a Engage (3 minutes)

purpose for the lesson Let the learners read the objectives of the
lesson.

Play a video showing the size

comparisons of the stars.
C. Presenting examples/
https://youtu.be/HEheh1BH34Q
instances of the new
No, because the stars
lesson
Guide Question: in the sky looks like
1. Can you really tell the size of the star they have the same
just by looking at it? sizes as they appear
like points of light.
Explore (15 minutes)

Size and Distance of A Star

Students will be grouped into four. Each

group will perform the same activity
simultaneously but with different sizes of
hole.

Part I
Direction: Cover the top of one of the
flashlights with foil and punch a hole in
the center using the assigned material to
them.
Group 1 - (Star A) Punch a hole using a
pencil.
D. Discussing new
Group 2 - (Star B) Punch a hole using a
concepts and
barbecue stick
practicing new skills
Group 3 - (Star C) Punch a hole using a
#1
cocktail stick
Group 4 - (Star D) Punch a hole using a
lollipop stick
Dim the lights. Shine four flashlights on
the wall from the same point in the room.
Make observations.
Part II
Direction: Remove the aluminum foil from
the flashlight. Shine all four flashlights on
the wall from an equal distance away, and
observe that both stars appear to be the
same brightness. Move one of the
flashlights far away from the group (Star
C), the other one very close (Star B), and
the rest on the same spot (Stars A & D).

(5 minutes)
Guide Questions for Activity 1A: 1. Star A
E. Discussing new
1. Which star is brightest? 2. Star D
concepts and
2. Which one is dimmest?
practicing new skills
Guide Questions for Activity 1B:
#2
3. Which star looks brightest? 3. Star B
4. Which star looks dimmest? 4. Star C
 Explain (5 minutes) We can see the sun
Guide Question: because it is the
1. Why do you see the sun and feel its closest star to the
heat? earth and we can feel
the heat of the sun
F. Developing mastery although it is million
km away because no
particles are involved
while reaching the
heat from the sun to
earth.
Elaborate (20 minutes)
Brainstorming Activity: Answers may vary.
Group students into 5 groups. Let them
answer the following guide questions:
1. Why do we need to study the
G. Finding practical
characteristics of stars?
applications of
2. Why are stars important in our
concepts and skills in
everyday life?
daily living
3. Can you use the things that you have
learned in your everyday living? How?

Let a representative from each group

report on the group’s answers.
(5 minutes)
3-2-1 Assessment: Answers may vary.
Students will tell in the class the things
H. Making generalization
they learned from the lesson by using
and abstractions
the scale below.
about the lesson
3 - Things I learned today…
2 - Things I found interesting…
1 - Things I want to know…
Evaluate (10 minutes)
Direction: Read the sentences carefully.
Arrange the stars from smallest (1) to
largest (5) and write the number in the
space provided before the number. 3 1. Pollux
__ 1. Pollux 4 2. Rigel
I.Evaluating learning
__ 2. Rigel 1 3. Sun
__ 3. Sun 5 4. Pistol Star
__ 4. Pistol Star 2 5. Sirius
__ 5. Sirius
Extend The closest star is
How far away do you think the closest about
star is and the farthest star from us? 25,300.000.000.000
miles
J. Additional activities for
(39.900.000.000.000
application or
kilometers) away,
remediation
while the farthest
stars are
billions of times
farther than that.

V. REMARKS
 VI. REFLECTION

A. No. of learners who

earned 80% on the
formative assessment

B. No. of learners who

require additional
activities for remediation

C. Did the remedial lessons

work? No. of learners
who have caught up
with the lesson.

D. No. of learners who

continue to require
remediation

E. Which of my teaching
strategies worked well?
Why did these work?

F. What difficulties did I

encounter which my
principal or supervisor
can help me solve?

G. What innovation or
localized materials did I
use / discover which I
wish to share with other
teachers?

Prepared by: Checked by:

DEVINE GRACE R. FABILLAR SALLY JOY Q. JUMAO-AS

Student Teacher Teacher I
Approved by:

ROMMEL E. CANTILA
School Principal I
Name: _________________________ Year & Section: _______________ Date: __________
Group No./Name: ________________ Score: ____________ Verified by: ______________

Size and Distance of a Star

Objectives:
At the end of the activity, you should be able to:
1. Describe the characteristics of stars with regard to their size
2. Compare the sun’s size to other stars

Materials Needed:
4 flashlights
Aluminum foil
Pencil, barbecue stick, cocktail stick, lollipop stick
Activity sheet

Procedure:
Part I
1. Cover the top of the flashlights with foil.
2. Punch a hole in the center using the assigned material to you.
3. Dim the lights.
4. Shine four flashlights on the wall from the same point in the room.
5. Observe and answer the guide questions
Part II
6. Remove the aluminum foil from the flashlight.
7. Shine all four flashlights on the wall from an equal distance away.
8. Observe that both stars appear to be the same brightness.
9. Move one of the flashlights far away from the group (Star C) , the other one very close (Star B),
and the rest on the same spot (Stars A & D).
10. Observe and answer the guide questions.

Guide Questions for Part I:

1. Which star is the brightest?
2. Which one is the dimmest?

Guide Questions for Part II:

1. Which star looks brightest?
2. Which star looks dimmest?