Senior High School Department

General Biology 2
HERBARIUM

SCI 2: Performance Task # _____

Date Assigned:
Deadline:

PERFORMANCE STANDARD:
*Differentiate the 3-Domain Scheme from the 5-Kingdom Scheme of
classification of living things

LEARNING COMPETENCIES:
*Explain how the structural and developmental characteristics and relatedness
of DNA sequences are used in classifying living things
*Identify the unique/distinctive characteristics of a specific taxon relative to
other taxa

GUIDELINES
(by Pair)

Plant pressing Steps

 Find any plant/
- gather a couple of plant specimen (best if you have all parts of the plant e.g.
roots, stem leaves , flowers …)
 Put them into a newspapers (if plant presser is unavailable)
- put the specimen inside a few sheet of newspaper to absorb the moisture before
pressing it
 Start layering
-use books and other things at home which can help to press the specimen, this
allows air to circulate and dry the specimen evenly.
 Wait to dry
- it will take 3 weeks for the specimen to dry, so start collecting now.
  Once your specimen is dry enough, place it in a picture frame (use only your old
picture frames) and label your specimen with its common name and scientific
name and the Taxonomic Hierarchy of your specimen e.g.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaaX5WzlAiI
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Rnhz-mdg4c

SUBMISSION (SOME OF THE CHOSEN OUTPUT WILL BE

COLLECTED FOR DISPLAY)
 Take a clear photo of your final product (plant pressed).
 Take a photo of you holding your final product
 Submit it in PDF file
 Attach your file in the LMS science course
 Reminder in submission: please submit it successfully and avoid the draft submission.

EXPECTATIONS
 Plants are well pressed (parts of the plants are arrange properly )
 Plants are fully dried
 Plants are labeled with common name and scientific name with the Taxonomic Hierarchy
of its Nomenclature

Herbal Ornamental Plants (ST12P1)

Herbal Tea Plants (ST12A5)

Variety of Ferns (ST12A7)

Seaweeds /Algae (ST12P3)

Variegated Plants (ST12A8)

Croton Plants (ST12A3)

Christmas Plants (ST12P4)

OTHER options : Plants with Serrated leaves or plants with different types of leaves
Serrated plants (ST12A9)