A Detailed Lesson Plan

In Mathematics 9
Grade 9 – Pinta Flores
I. OBJECTIVES:

At the end of the discussion, the students are expected to:

a. illustrate angle of elevation and angle of depression;

b. distinguish the difference of angle of elevation and angle of depression;
c. solve problems involving angle of elevation and angle of depression; and
d. appreciate the importance of angle of elevation and angle of depression through real-life
situation.

II. SUBJECT MATTER:

a. Topic: Angle of Elevation and Angle of Depression
b. References: Mathematics Learner’s Material 9 By Bryant M.L., et.al., (2014) pp. 457-461
Teaching Guide Draft. Triangle Trigonometry – Lesson 3: Angle of Elevation
and Angle of Depression By Garcia G. and Lazaro R., ( March 24,2014) pp.
16-20
c. Materials: PowerPoint Presentation, Show-me-board, Triangle Cut
Outs, LED TV, and Laptop
d. Skills to be developed: Illustrating, Distinguishing, Solving, and
Appreciating
e. Method: Deductive

III. PROCEDURE:

Teacher’s Activity Students’ Activity

A. Opening Activities

Good morning, class? : Good morning, Ma’am!

Let us start our class with a simple

prayer. Will you lead the prayer,
Sheena? : ( The student will lead the prayer)

Thank you, Sheena.

Before taking your seats, kindly

arrange your chairs and pick up
those pieces of paper under it. : (The students will do as told.)

Let us have a count-off starting from

Ana. : (The students will do as told.)

What is the last number? : 40, Ma’am.

Hence, no one is absent. Let us give

ourselves a triangle clap. Here it
goes. ( The teacher will demonstrate
the clap.) Did you get it, class? : Yes, Ma’am.

Now, let us do the triangle clap. 1,

2,3 go. : ( The students will do the clap.)
B. Motivation / Review

Before going to our main topic for

today, let us play a game entitled
“Rebus”. Do you know this game,
class? : No, Ma’am.

If so, will you read the mechanics of

the game, Ishara? : Mechanics:
1. Pictures, words, letters, and
operations will be flashed on the
screen.
2. You only need to form word/s out of
those.
3. The one who will give the correct
answer will receive an award
afterwards.

Do you have any questions, class? : None, Ma’am.

What are the things to remember

while doing this game? Yes,
Heavana? : Keep quiet and show some disipline,
Ma’am.

Very good! Now,let us start!

∠ + (opposite of “ON”) - F +

-or + ion

Yes, Joanna? : Angle of Elevation, Ma’am.

That’s right!

How about the next one?

∠ + (opposite of “ON”) - F +

Yes, Marie? : Angle of Depression, Ma’am.

C. Presenation of the lesson

So, our main topic for today is the

“Angle of Elevation and Angle of
Depression”

Will you read it in chorus, class? : “The Angle of Elevation and Angle of
Depression”
D. Development of the lesson

Now, suppose you are on the top of a

mountain looking down at a certain
village, how will you find the height
of the mountain? Yes, Dominick? : I will be going to use a measuring tool,
Ma’am.

Thank you. Consider this: An aiplane

is flying a certain height above the
ground. Is it possible to find directly
the distance along the ground from
the aiplane to an airport using a : No, it’s not possible, Ma’am!
ruler?

But what problems can we encounter

if we use ruler in measuring it? Yes, : It may be hard for us, Ma’am.
Fatima?

That’s right! Don’t you know that we

can measure the distance of a certain
object to us. Let me share you my
secrets. Here is the first one. Will : Line of sight is an imaginary line that
you read what is line of sight, connects the eye of an observer to the object
Lesther? being observed.

Can you determine in this figure

where the line of sight is, Thyron?

Marvellous! How about the

Horizontal Line of Sight? :
Yes, Fatima?

Horizontal Line of Sight

: The angle of elevation is the angle from

Good! How about the Angle of the horizontal to the line of sight of the
Elevation? Will you read, Almira? observer to the object above.

Thank you, Almira. Based on the :

definition, can you determine where
the angle of elevation is, Lerrica?

: The Angle of Depression is the angle from

Incredible! How about the Angle of the horuizontal to the linme of sight of the
Depression? Will you read, Alexis? observer to the object below.

Using the illustration, can you :

determine where the angle of
depression is, Keren?

Great! It seems like you understood

the basic concept of the angle of
elevation and angle of depression.

Let’s have a simple a simple warm-

up activity. Pictures will be flashed
on the screen and you will going to
identify whether the angle is on : Yes, Ma’am.
angle of elevation or angle of
depression. Did you understood?

Let’s us Begin.

: Angle of elevation, Ma’am.

Terrific!

: Angle of Depression, Ma’am.

Awesome!

: Angle of Depression, Ma’am.

Splendid!
 : Angle of Elevation, Ma’am.

Marvellous!

: Angle of Elevation, Ma’am.

Very Good!

Excellent! Since you already

mastered how to idetify a giiven
angle if it is an angle of elevation or
an angle of depression, we may
apply them in solving problems.
Let’s consider some illustrative
: A tower is 15 m high at a certain distance
examples, will you read the
away from the tower, an observer determine
problem? Yes, Judilyn?
that the angle of elevation to the top of it is
45 degrees. How far is the observer from
the tower?

First, who will get the illustration

here and post it on the board? Yes,
Gigi?

What trigonometric ratios that

relates the given sidew and the
unknown side with respect to the : Tangent ratio, Ma’am.
given angle which is 45 degrees?
Yes, Nathaniel?

Very good! Now, who can writethe opposite

tan 45°=
formula on the board? Yes, : adjacent
Anna?

Thank you. Now, let’s give the

value of the opposite side to
compute the unknown side.

15
tan 45°=
x
Now, who will continue the solving
process to give us the value of x? Yes,
Sheena? 15
tan 45°=
x
x (tan 45 °)=15
While Sheena is answering try it on x tan 45 ° 15
=
your seats, class. tan 45° tan 45 °
15
x=
tan 45°
: x=15

: Yes, Ma’am.

Is she correct, class?

: A boy is standing 17 m away from the
Let’s us proceed to our next example. flagpole and determines that the angle of
Will you read, Jamaica? elevation to the top of it is 32 degrees. What
is the height of the flagpole?

Thank you. This time, using the : We will be going to use

illustration, what are we going to do
to find the height of the flagpole? opposite
tan 32 °=
adjacent

: Let y be the height of the flagpole

Alright! Now, will you answer it on y
the board? Yes, Sunshai? tan 32 °=
17
17( tan32 °)= y
y=17 (tan 32° )
While Sunshai is answering try it on y=10 .62277848
your seats, class. y=10 .623 m

: Yes, Ma’am.

Is she correct, class?

Now, let’s proceed to the next : An airplane is flying at a height of 4

example. Will you read the problem, kilometers above the ground. The distance
Keren? along the ground from the airplane to the
airport is 6 kilometers. What is the angle of
depression from the airplane to the airport?
 :

Thank you. Using the illustration,

what are we going to do to find the : We will be going to use
angle of depression from the airplane opposite
to the airport? tan θ=
adjacent

opposite
Alright! Now, will you answer it on tan θ=
the board? Yes, Albert? adjacent
4
tan θ=
6
4
While Albert is answering try it on θ=tan−1 ( )
6
your seats, class.
θ=33 . 6901°
θ=34 °
:
: Yes, Ma’am.

Do you have the same answer, class?

: A bird is flying at a height of 12 m above
Splendid! Now, will you read our the ground. The angle of depression from
fourth example, Jannah? the bird to the car is 27 degrees. What is the
distance along the ground from the bird to
the car?

:
Very good! Who will get the
illustration here, post it on the board?

: Let w be the distance along the ground

Very good! Then, will you answer it from the bird to the ground.
on the board? Nathan? opposite
tanθ=
adjacent
12
tan27 º =
While Nathan is answering try it on w
your seats, class.
tan27 º (w)=12
tan 27 º (w) 12
=
tan 27 º tan27 º
w=23.55132607 m
w = 24.55 m
 : Yes, Ma’am.
Do you have the same answer, class?

That’s correct! Let us give ourselves a : ( The students will do as told.)

triangle clap.

E. Application

Now, we will have a game entitled

“TRI-CO-MET-TEH.” We will be
group you into three, this will be
group 1, Group 2, and Group 3 (The
teacher will group the class into
three)

Will you read the mechanics of the : Mechanics:

games, Alliah? 1. Problems involving angle of elevation
and angle of depression will be flashed on
the screen.
2. Each group will write their answers on
their show-me-boards.
3. Each correct answer will gain a point.
Note: This is not a race game.

Did you understand the mechanics of : Yes, Ma’am.

the game, class?

Okay. Now, let’s begin.

: Angle of Depression.
1.

: Angle of Elevation.
2.

: Angle of Depression.

3.

: Angle of Elevation.
4.

5. A boy who is on the 2 nd floor of

this house watches his dog lying
on the ground. The angle between
his eye level and his line of sight
 is 32°. Which angle is identified : Angle of Depression.
in the problem: angle of elevation
or angle of depression?

6. A man on the ground is looking

to the tarpaulin posted on the
building. The angle between his
eye level and his line of sight is : Angle of Elevation
54°. Which angle is identified in
the problem: angle of elevation or
angle of depression?

: 26.6°

7.

Group ________ got the highest

score, so they have the chance to
receive the prize afterwards.

F. Valuing

We have a question. Which angle do : Angle of elevation, Ma’am. Because we

you like most? Angle of Elevation or must not be depressed in our problems,
angle of depression? instead, make them as challenge to be a
Yes, Jojemar? better person.

What a remarkable insight! In our

lives using the angle of elevation, we
must not look down to others but
look up to them even if we are higher
than them because it connotes
respect. And using the angle of
deppression, if are higher than the
other, we must know how to help
them if they need us. Don’t
downgrade the other people just
because we are higher than them.

G. Generalization
This time let’s refresh our minds
about the lesson we have just
learned. Will you differentiate angle
of elevation from angle of
depression? Yes, Bryan?
: The angle of elevation is the angle from
the hoirizontal to the line of sight of the
observer to the above while the angle of
depression is the angle from the horizontal
to the line of sight of the observer to the
object below.

IV. EVALUATION:

Okay, to test if you really understood

the lesson. Bring out one whole sheet
of paper and do this.
 Direction: Illustrate the diagram and
solve the problems.
1. A hiker is 400 meters away from
the base of the radio tower. The angle
of elevation to the top of the tower is
46 degrees. How high is the tower?
2. Angel’s house is just 20 m away
from the school. She is on the 2 nd floor
of their house and she can see the gate
of their school from their house. She
determines that the angle of
depression from her to the gate is 34°.
What is the measure from the ground
to where she is looking?
Are you all done?
: Yes, Ma’am.
Alright. Pass it to the aisle and those
who are in the aisle pass it forward. : (The students will do as told)

V. ASSIGNMENT:

For you to enjoy this evening,

copy this Home Delight in your
notebook and answer it at home.

An observer in a lighthouse 48.8

m Above moving directly towards
the lighthouse. He observe that
the angle of depression are 42
degrees and 35 degrees. Find the
distance between the two vessels,
assuming that they are coming
from the same side of the tower.

Are you done copying, class? : Yes, Ma’am.

Okay. Good bye, class! : Goodbye, Ma’am. See you around and
have some fun