Learning the Importance of assigning scientific names to organism, can be used in demo teaching.

10.  Activity: The Species
1. Group yourselves together according to similarities
of the organisms in the pictures.
2. When you are grouped, discuss and agree on one
most distinct basis for grouping these organisms.
What is the definite basis for
grouping organisms into
one distinct group?

11.  Activity: The Species
1. What is the definite basis for
grouping organisms into
one distinct group?

12.  Activity: The Species
1. What is the definite basis for
grouping organisms into
one distinct group?
The ability to interbreed with organisms
with their own kind.

13.  Activity: The Name Game
1. Remain in your groupings.
2. List down, as many as you can, the different names
the organism is called in different languages or
places. Please refer to the example below:
HUMAN - Tao (Tagalog), Tawo (Bis.),
Person/Lad/Guy/Man/Dude (English),
Hombre (Spanish)

14. 2. Are the different names given to a particular
species of organism helpful or confusing
in identifying that particular living thing?
Why do you say so?

15. 3. Is there a need to provide a
universal name to an organism?
Why?

16.  Let’s Make it CLEAR!
I want fried
herring for
lunch.
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???????
???????
??

17.  Let’s Make it CLEAR!
So, what do they
really want for
lunch???

18.  Let’s Make it CLEAR!
Ay, pritong tamban ra
man diay!!!

19.  1. How do we give a universal name to an organism?
Provide examples.
 2. Try to classify the given organisms today into
groups until only one of the listed living things is at
the bottom of the chart. See your activity sheets for the
table’s format.