Saint Louis College

City of San Fernando, La Union

College of Arts and Sciences, Teacher Education and Information Technology
“Center of Excellence in Teacher Education”

A Detailed Lesson Plan in Science 8

Lesson 10

I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
a. discuss how taxonomy works;
b. identify animals and plants with their common names using Binomial
Nomenclature correctly;
c. relate the importance of Binomial Nomenclature in real life.

II. CONTENT
Binomial Nomenclature

III. RESOURCES
A. References
Morales-Ramos, A.C. (2017). Exploring Life through Science Series. Phoenix
Publishing House, Inc.
Biology Online. (n.d.). Bino mial Nomenclature. Retrieved 2023, April 17, from
http://www.biologyonline.com/dictionary/binomial-nomenclature

B. Materials
PowerPoint presentation on Binomial Nomenclature, laptop, television, notebook,
markers, writing materials,

IV. PROCESS
Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity Remarks
Preliminaries:
Opening prayer
Greetings
Checking of Attendance

A. Introduction:

Kindly bring out your notebooks and pens. As

you bring them out, allow me to read to you
briefly our house rules:
 Raise your hand if you want to ask
questions or share answers.
 Avoid answering in chorus unless if
needed.
 Take note of the important details
mentioned during the discussion.
 Observe silence when someone is talking.
For a starter, kindly group yourselves into 6
as we are going to do a group activity today.
Correct answers shall be considered as one
point for your group.’

Motivation:

Now let’s have an activity. Sir, match Column A to Column

First, will you read the direction of B. Write the letter to the boxes
our that corresponds to the following
activity? sentences.
Now let’s have an activity.
First, will you read the direction of
our
activity?
Now let’s have an activity.
First, will you read the direction of
our
activity? Sir, A. Duck
Now let’s have an activity.
First, will you read the direction of
our
activity?
Now let’s have an activity. A.
First, will you read the direction of D. Platypus
our G. Mushroom
activity? I. Bacteria
Now let us have an activity. First, will your K. Duck
read the rules of our activity? M. Algae
N. Cactus
O. Ostrich
Thank you. In column A in our activity, these P. Molds
are the sentences that describes an organisms.
Choose in column B which these description
represents. Let’s try number 1 as an
example .So in number 1, it says that “I am
color white. I can swim, I can fly and I can
walk”, which organisms do you think it is?
Very good. So the letter is K. Now you try
number 2 to 7.
K 1. I am color white. I can swim, I can fly
and I can walk.
I 2. I am very small. You can’t see me
through your naked eye.
N 3. I can live in a hot place. I have many  explain how species are
thorns. named using Binomial
Nomenclature correctly;
G 4. I’m like an umbrella.  identify animals and plants
with their common names
D 5. I have feathers, I lay eggs but I using Binomial Nomenclature
classified as mammal and not Bird. correctly;
O 6. I’m a bird but I can’t Fly.  relate the importance of
Binomial Nomenclature in
My brain is smaller than my eyes. real life.
M 7. I’m not plant but I can synthesize. I can
live with myself not life you depending on
others life
Very good! So these different organisms we
found in column B can be classified in
different kingdoms and our topic for today is
all about Taxonomy and classifying and
naming of Organism.

OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the lesson, students should be
able to:

Carolus Linnaeus

B. Interaction:

To formally begin to our topic today Imagine

how confusing that the other people have
different name on the same species. For
example the name you give to a living things
may be completely different to others.
Scientist use common names and different
languages started to make the study of life
more complicated that it already was. Do you
know who is in the picture?

1. The First letter of the genus

should be capitalized
2. The rest of the letter of the 1st and
2nd (species) name should be written
in small caps.
Very good. His name Is Carolus Linnaeus, a 3. Italized the writing of the scientific
Swedish botanist known for his work in name, if not possible, underline the
1st name and underline the 2nd name.
taxonomy which is the identifying, naming,
and classifying organisms. (plants, animals,
bacteria, fungi and more).

He developed Binomial Nomenclature. This

is a system that uses two names to identify an
organism. He use Genus and Species name. In
order to correctly write a name in this system,
the first letter of the genus must be capitalized Sir, we think this are categories of
and the entire name must be written in
an organism.
italics. Example these scientific name of
cat is Felis catus.
There are thing to remember to writing
scientific name will you read?

Here are some example of writing scientific

name.

TIGER

Now let's proceed on the Hierarchical

Classification. Class, do you have any idea
what this classifications are? We have 7.
All right very good. The 7 classification are:
CARROTS
kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus,
and species.

C. Integration:
To continue on with the grouping, let us have
another activity. Called Who Am I? RICE

I will give the group some descriptive

characteristics of certain organisms and at the
end of it, I will reveal their scientific names. HUMAN
In 20 seconds, each group shall guess what
these organisms are in their common names.
Raise your writing material if you got the
answer.
 I am warm-hearted yet fearsome,
courageous in the face of danger yet CORN
yielding in mysterious, unexpected
places. I have a reddish-orange coat
marked with prominent black stripes. I am
Panthera tigris. PIG
 I am a healthy orange vegetable with firm
and smooth skin. I am rich in carotene
which converts to Vitamin A. I am
usually used as a main ingredient in
pansit. I am Daucas carota.
 I am uniform in size and shape. I can be Sir, Binomial Nomenclature is
brown, red, but most commonly white. I important because it helps us
am a staple food which symbolizes classify which animals belong
fertility in Asia. I am Oryza sativa. from the same origins.
 I am the builder and destroyer of
civilizations. I know what is right from Sir, when we buy in a grocery
wrong for I am the one who founded store and there are signages that
ethics and morality. Above all, I am here tells us where to get certain
to serve and show compassion to lift up goods. Like Binomial
other. I am Homo sapiens. Nomenclature, we cannot
 I am a yellow treat– in parties when optimize our time shopping if we
grilled and in cinemas when popped. I do not know where to go.
have a milky sweet taste and aroma. I
have been a source of consumption for Sir, our names can be an example
humans since their dawn. I am Zea mays. because without our names, we
 Hams, bacons, sausages– you name it. I would not be able to address or
can be salted or smoked, making me one even identify each other easily.
of the easiest and popular class of meat in
the world. I am Artiodactyla suidae. Sir, our complete names are like
Binomial Nomenclature, while
Valuing: our nicknames are like our
common names.
What is the advantage of Binomial
Nomenclature in naming organisms?
Disadvantage?
 What is the advantage of common names in
naming organisms? Disadvantage.

How will you relate the purpose of Binomial

Nomenclature in your daily life?

V. AGREEMENT
On your notebook. Give one example of an organism and properly rank them.
Prepared by: Checked by: Submitted to:

Mr. Ronald L. Dimalibot

Neil James M. Flores Mrs. Marites B. Hidalgo
Supervising Instructor
Student Teacher Cooperating Teacher