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Stars and Constellation Draft
Stars and Constellation Draft
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Secondary School Laboratory
I. OBJECTIVES
A. Content Standard The learners demonstrate an understanding of:
The relationship between the visible constellations in the sky and
Earth’s position along its orbit.
B. Performance The learners shall be able to:
Standard Discuss whether or not popular beliefs and practices with regard
to constellations and astrology have scientific basis.
C. Learning The learners should be able to:
Competency Show which constellations may be observed at different times of
the year using models.
D. Specific Objectives At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:
1. identify the characteristics of stars,
2. discuss how these characteristics are used as basis for
classifying the stars, and
3. describe the different stages in the evolution of stars.
E. Integration of
Content Within and English and Art
Across Curriculum
II.CONTENT
A. Topic Characteristics of Stars and Evolution of the Star
III. LEARNING
RESOURCES
A. References
1. Teacher’s Guide K to 12 Science Curriculum Guide
LEARNING PLAN IN SCIENCE GRADE 9
Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELCS)
2. Learner’s Material Breaking through Science 9; Chapter 10: Stars and Constellation;
Pages/Textbook Lesson 1: Stars in the Sky (pages 281-293)
Pages
B. Other Learning https://astronomy.com/news/2018/11/red-dwarf-is-one-of-the-
Resources oldest-in-the-universe
https://planetseducation.com/uy-scuti-vs-vy-canis-majoris-star/
IV. PROCEDURE Learner’s Expected
Teacher’s Activity/ies
Response/s
A. Engage
Preliminaries:
Prayer
Checking of Attendance
Class Management
Quick Review!
Activity 1: Question Roulette!
Student’s Answer:
1. 1
1._________ 2._________ 2. 5
3. 3
4. 2
5. 4
3._________ 4._________
5._________
CHARACTERISTICS OF STARS
Luminosity of Stars
Student’s Answer:
“Oh, Be A Fine G, Keep
Me.”
Composition of Stars
Size of Stars
Hypergiant star
Ex. VY Canis Majoris – the
biggest star in the universe. This
hypergiant is thought to be 1800
times the size of the Sun.
Hertzprung-Russel diagram
devised by a Danish astronomer Ejnar
Hertzprung and American astronomer
Henry Norris Russel.
A graphical tool that astronomers use
to classify stars according to their
luminosity, spectral type, color,
temperature, and evolutionary stage.
Q: Do Stars die?
Protostar Stage
A cloud of gas that, over time, will
collapse and condense under the
force of gravity.
SUMMARY