A Demonstration Lesson Plan in RICHARD JEROME M.

DELA CRUZ
SCIENCE AND HEALTH VI Cooperating Teacher

I. OBJECTIVES:
 Observe and identify constellations;
 Make a star map to illustrate common constellation; and
 Describe how constellations are useful to people.

Values: Work cooperatively and harmoniously in groups.

II. SUBJECT MATTER

A. Topic:
 Constellations.
B. Concepts:
 Constellations are groups of stars that form patterns in the sky.
 The big dipper, little dipper, Cassiopeia, and Orion are some of the common
constellations.
 Stars are used to determine directions.
C. Process:
 Describing
 Locating
 Identifying
D. Reference:

Natividad Alegre-Del Prado, Marilou M. Ubiña, Science and Health VI, Vicarish
Publications and Trading inc. 1946- A.K. Torres St. Corner Diamante ed. Sta. Ana,
Manila.

E. Materials:
 Black Cartolina
 Pencil
 Color paper
 Glue
 tape

Values: Cooperation
III. PROCEDURES:

Teacher’s Activity Pupil’s Activity

A. PRELIMINARY ACTIVITIES:

“Good Morning Class” “Good Morning Mr. Dela Cruz”

Teacher: Let us pray first

Teacher: Before we start our lesson, let us

sing first.

Teacher: You may take your seat Pupil: “Thank You Sir!”

Who are the absent? Pupil: Sir no one is absent today.

Teacher: Okay! Very Good.

B. REVIEW:

Teacher: Before we start our new lesson, Pupil: Sir our last topic was the distance of
let us have a short review, What was our stars.
last topic?

Teacher: Very good! , what are the four Pupils: The four major sizes of stars are
major sizes of stars? supergiant, giant, medium, and dwarfs.

Teacher: Very good!

Teacher: What are the two famous Pupil: The two famous supergiant stars are
supergiant stars? Betelgeuse and Antares.

Teacher: How about the orange stars? Pupil: The orange star is Arcturus.
What is an orange star?

Teacher: How about Rigel? Pupils: Rigel is the bluish white star and it
is the hottest star.
Teacher: very good!

C. MOTIVATION:

Teacher: Last night I looked at the clear

night sky, and do you know what I have
seen?
Pupils: no sir!
Teacher: Do you want to know what I
 have seen in the sky?
Pupils: yes sir.
Teacher: I will show you what I have seen
in the sky, I have an illustration here, What
do you noticed in the illustration?

Pupils: There are different colors of dots.

Teacher: what else?

Teacher: This illustration representing the

night sky, these different colors of dots Pupils: I have seen a big white dot.
representing the stars and the big white
dot representing the moon. Pupils: There are different colors of dots.

IV. LESSON PROPER:

A. ACTIVITY:

Teacher: Now we have a group activity but

before that, what are the standards that
Pupil 1: keep quietly.
we should follow in performing activity?
Yes Pupil 1?

Teacher: What else? Pupil 2: Sit properly.

Teacher: What else? Pupil 3: Work cooperatively.

Teacher: And the last one? Pupil 4: Clean the table and keep the
materials.
Teacher: I will group you into four groups
each table will be the groupings. Every
group should choose their leader to
present their work. So this will be the
group 1, 2, 3, and 4.

Teacher: Group 1, who is your leader? Pupils: Pupil 5 sir.

Teacher: Group 2?
Pupils: Pupil 6 sir.
Teacher: Group 3? Pupils: Pupil 7 sir.
Pupils: Pupil 8 sir.
Teacher: Group 4? Pupils: Pupil 9 sir.

Teacher: Leaders please stand, come in

front and get your materials.

Teacher: Before we start in our activity, we Pupil 1: create a constellation of stars.

have an objective, what was our objective
can you read pupil 1?

Teacher: very good, and what are the Pupil 2: Black cartolina, colored paper,
materials pupil 2? glue, tape.

Teacher: Very good, what are the

procedures can you read the first one? Pupils: Paste the color paper to the areas
 of cartolina designs of constellation
Teacher: And the last one?
Pupils: Hold the cartolina up and post it on
the blackboard

Teacher: Very good, now I will give each

group a pattern and then you will point the
colored paper in the cartolina to form that
pattern, I will give you 10 minutes to finish
that.

B. DISCUSSION:

Teacher: Look at the work of group 1, Pupils: The stars have formations.
what do you noticed in the stars?

Teacher: What Else? Pupils: They have pattern that seems to

connect the stars.

Teacher: Very good, they have patterns,

what image can you form if we connect Pupils: an arrow sir.
each of the stars?

Teacher: An arrow? What else? Pupils: A kite sir.

Teacher: A kite? Let’s see what image we

can make out of these stars. Come here Pupils: yes sir!
Pupil 3 can you connect these stars?

Teacher: Thank you Pupil 3, now class

what image do you see? Is it like a kite? Pupils: No sir!

Teacher: What do you think is it?

Pupils: It’s Like a push cart.
Teacher: This pattern of the star is not a
push cart, this is called little dipper, the
ursa minor or the little bear.

Teacher: Everybody say little dipper!

Pupils: Little dipper!

Teacher: how about the work of group 2?

What image can you form out of the stars? Pupils: Like the pattern of a kite.

Teacher: Like a kite again? Let’s find out if

it is like a kite, who can connect?
Teacher: This one is called big dipper, the
Ursa major or the big bear.

Teacher: Everybody say big dipper?

Teacher: let’s go with the work of group 3,

Pupils: a snake.
What image did you see?

Teacher: what else? Pupils: A letter W sir.

Teacher: let’s connect.

Teacher: thank you Pupil 3, yes it is letter

W, this pattern is called Cassiopeia,
according to the Greek legends Cassiopeia
is queen and she had a very beautiful
daughter name Andromeda.

Teacher: And finally the work of group 4, Pupils: an airplane sir!

what is it looked like?

Teacher: what else? Pupils: a horse!

Teacher: let’s connect.

Teacher: now what is this image? Pupils: a human!

Teacher: yes very good! Because it is really

pattern of a man his name is Orion,
according to the Greek legends Orion is a
great hunter.

Teacher: Everybody! Little dipper, big Pupils: Little dipper, big dipper, Cassiopeia,
dipper, Cassiopeia, Orion. Orion.

Teacher: Class Do you know, what are

these groups of stars? Pupils: no sir!

Teacher: These groups of star that form

patterns in the night sky are called
constellations.

Teacher: Do you understand class?

Pupils: yes sir!

Teacher: What is constellation? Pupils: Constellations are group of stars

Teacher: very good! that forms pattern in the night sky.

Teacher: How many constellations do you

think are there in the sky?
Pupils: There are Thousands of
Teacher: Astronomers recognized 88 constellations in the sky sir!
 constellations in the northern and southern
hemispheres. There 37 in northern
hemisphere and 51 in southern hemisphere

Teacher: Look at the picture of the big

dipper, it has seven bright stars, four of
these stars make the bowl and three make
the handle of the dipper. The two bright
stars at the end of the bowl are called
pointers and they point toward the bright
star called the North star or Polaris. Again
what is the north star?
Pupils: Polaris sir!

Teacher: Polaris is also called the north

star because it is always in the north and it
is very important to navigators. They use it
determining directions; this star does not
seem to change position so it is easy to
find where the south, west and east are.

Teacher: look at the picture of this

constellation the Cassiopeia, according to
the Greek legends, Cassiopeia is a queen,
Cassiopeia forms letter W.

Teacher: The constellation of Orion,

according to the Greek legends, Orion was
a great hunter. Look at the bright star at
the right shoulder of Orion. This is the
Betelgeuse. What is Betelguese?
Pupils: Betelguese is a red star, it is a
supergiant star.

Teacher: At the belt of Orion are three

bright stars. They are called Tres Marias by
our old people. At the left knee of Orion is
another bright star called Rigel.

V. APPLICATION:
Teacher: From the star map, what are the Pupils: the common constellations are the
common constellations in the sky? little dipper, big dipper, Cassiopeia, and
Orion.

VI. GENERALIZATION:

Teacher: What are constellations? Pupils: a group of stars that forms pattern
in the night sky.
Teacher: In what way are constellations
useful to people?
Pupils: constellations are useful to people
VALUE INTEGRATION: in locating places, for navigation and for
outdoor activities.
Work harmoniously and cooperatively in
group.

Values Integration:

Teacher: Did you enjoy working with your Pupils: Yes sir
group mates? Group 1?

Teacher: How about the Group 2? Pupils: Yes sir

Teacher: Group 3? Pupils: Yes sir

Teacher: And finally the group 4? Pupils: Yes sir

 VII. EVALUATION:

Write the correct word that will correctly complete each sentence.

1. ________ are group stars forming pattern in the sky.

2. The North Star is also called _________.
3. ________ is a Queen, it forms letter W in the sky.
4. Orion was a __________.
5. The ________ has seven bright stars.

VIII. ASSIGNMENT:

 Observe the sky tonight and construct a star map.

Noted:

RICHARD JEROME DELA CRUZ

Cooperating teacher