College of Education

Detailed Lesson Plan in Science 8

I. Objectives
A. Content Standard
 the concept of a species;.
 the species as being further classified into a hierarchical
taxonomic system
B. The Performance Standard
 report (e.g., through a travelogue) on the activities that
communities engage in to protect and conserve endangered
and economically important species.
C. Learning Competency
classify organisms using the hierarchical taxonomic system. (58 L-IVH-20)
At the end of the lesson, 80% of the students should be able to:
1. define taxonomy;
2. discuss the Linnean Hierarchical System of Classification; and
3. cite the importance of taxonomic classification in the biodiversity.
II. Content
 Hierarchical Taxonomic System of Classification
III. Resources
References:
https://www.deped.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Science-
CG_with-tagged-sci-equipment_revised.pdf

IV. Procedure

A. Daily Routine
Teachers Activity Students Activity

I. Greetings

 Good morning Class!  Good Morning Ma’am Alovera.

 Before we start our Class,  (Student recites the prayer.)

Everyone please stand (Assign a
student to lead the prayer.)
 Everyone you can now settle  Thank you ma’am!
down.

 Good morning once again class?  We’re doing good ma’am

How are you today?
II. Review of the previous lessons
  Before we proceed to our new  We have learned about the species diversity.
lesson, let’s have a short recap  We also learned about the Ecosystem
about what we have discussed in diversity and genetic diversity.
our previous lesson. Anyone who
would like to share what they have
learned?
 What else?
 Very good every one!
III. Motivation

 To begin our lesson for today, let’s

have a short game and it’s called
“Four pics, one word.” The criteria
for this game is very simple, you
need to guess the word based on
the four images. I will divide you
into two groups, this will be the
group 1 and this this will be the
group 2. The first group who will
guess all the words wins the prize!

 AMPHIBIANS

 MAMMALS

 REPTILES

 FISH
  MONKEYS
 Excellent work everybody, base  We think it’s all about the classification of
on your activity. What do you organisms.
think is our topic for today?

IV. Lesson Objectives

Classify organisms using the hierarchical
 The following are our objectives taxonomic system. (58 L-IVH-20)
for today. Who can read our At the end of the lesson, 80% of the students should
learning objectives? be able to:
1. define taxonomy;
2. discuss the Linnean Hierarchical System of
Classification; and
3. cite at least three (3) importance of taxonomic
 Thank you. classification in the biodiversity.

B. During the Lesson

Teachers Activity Students Activity

 Activity
 To have a further idea of our
lesson for today, let’s have a group
activity. I will divide you into
three groups. This activity is
entitled “One out!” Study each set
of pictures and determine which
organism does not belong to the
group and state your reasons in the Activity 6: One Out!
space provided. You may now
proceed to your group.
Activity 6: One Out!
Guide Questions: Answer:
1. How do you classify the animals? 1. We classify them based on their appearance and
2. How do you think the scientist arrange characteristics.
the organisms that exist on Earth? 2. The scientist probably arrange them base on their
looks, similarities and capabilities.
 Are you done?  Yes ma’am
 Very good, everyone you may  (Student presenting their work)
now present your work in front.
Reporters in each group please
prepare. Group 1 you may now
present your work.

II. Analysis

 In order to arrange all living things  For us ma’am, taxonomy is the organization
that exist on Earth, Scientist all of organism base on their family.
over the world collaborate and  Taxonomy is the arrangement of the organism
study Taxonomy. Do you any idea base on their characteristics.
what taxonomy is?
 Thank you, taxonomy is very  We think Taxonomist ma’am.
important for the classification of
organisms. We ourselves are
organisms, what do we call the
person who studies the
classification of organisms?
 Very Good, Taxonomists job is to
organize organisms into groups  Yes ma’am.
that have biological importance.
But how do they categorize the
organisms base on their
characteristic and family? Let’s
put it this way, do you ever
arrange your things in your room,
living room, kitchen or any places
of your house?
 How did you organize your
things?  We arrange them according to color, size,
physical appearance and many more.
 That’s it, you organize your things
base on their characteristics. Let’s  Taxonomy is a Discipline of classifying
now have the right definition of organisms and assigning each organism a
Taxonomy. Any one who would universally accepted name.
like to read?

 In classifying the organism we

 follow the Linnean system of
classification, anyone who would  Carolus Linnaeus, a Swedish botanist,
like to read who is the founder of invented it in the 1700s. He attempted to
Linnean system of classification? categorize all known living organisms at the
time. He classified species that had clear
morphological characteristics in common,
such as the number of legs or the structure of
the leaves. Linnaeus is renowned as the
"Father of Taxonomy" for his contributions.

 Thank you, The taxonomic system

of Linnaeus consists of a hierarchy
of groups known as taxa. The
Linnaean classification system is  8 categories
the foundation of all current  Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order,
categorization systems. In front of Family, Genus, and Species.
you is the inverted triangle where
it shows how many categories
class?
 Excellent and what are those
categories?

 Very Good, Where do you think  We think from Domain to Species ma’am.
the hierarchical taxonomic system
of classification begins? From
domain to Species or species to
domain?  Descending order
 Is the arrangement of our
taxonomy arrange in a descending
or ascending order?  Domain
 Excellent, so base on the figure
what is the highest category in the
classification of organisms?
 Very Good! Anyone who would
like to read the definition of
Domain.

 Thank you, “Domain” are the top-  Domain is the largest category into which
level classification that categorizes organisms are classified. Back then,
life in the most general way. It’s organisms were only grouped into eukaryotes
even more general than asking and prokaryotes. Then scientists came up with
whether an organism is a plant or the three-domain systems of classification.
an animal for example, protist,
 fungi, plants and animals are part
of eukarya domain this is because
their cells have nucleus. It
basically classify Life. Let’s
classify what organisms belong in
this category, In front of you are
the different organisms and your
job is to classify them where they
belong. Anyone who would like to
try to classify the organisms that
belong in the Domain category?
 Wow, excellent work everyone!  Kingdom is the second category.
 After domain what do you think is
the next category?  Kingdom is the taxonomic rank after domain.
 Thank you, anyone who would In the late century 18th century, studies of
like to read the definition of organisms resulted in only two-kingdom
Kingdom? classification system. But with the invention
 The kingdom classification gets a of the microscope and with more evidences
bit more specific. For example, is gathered about different forms of life, various
it a plant or an animal? If it’s a scientists have proposed three to four, then
plant, we categorize it in the plant five, and later six or even eight-kingdom
kingdom. If it’s an animal, it’s part classification.
of the animal kingdom. Here are
the six-kingdom classification:
Archaebacteria, Eubacteria,
Protist, Fungi, Plant, and Animal
kingdoms. Can you classify the
organisms that belong in the
Kingdom category?

 Next to Kingdom is Phylum.

 Thank you, So this is where it gets
more interesting. As we move
down the levels of the
classification of life, Each domain
is group into kingdom and each
kingdom is group into? What do
you think is the next level of the
inverted triangle class?  Phylum is a taxonomic ranking that comes
 Excellent, who would like to read third in the hierarchy of classification,
the definition of Phylum? after domain and kingdom. Organisms in a
phylum share a set a characteristics that
distinguishes them from organisms in another
phylum.
 We belong in Chordates ma’am because we
 In the Phylum is the animal have an internal skeleton.
kingdom which includes
Chordates or Phylum chordata, the
 animals with an internal skeleton
and arthropods, the animals with
an external skeleton. Where do
you think we belong class?
Chordates or arthropods? And
why?
 Excellent! One of the examples of
Chordates are animals and us
humans while arthropods are
insects, deep sea crabs and any
animals with hard exoskeleton.
Who would like to classify the
organisms that belong in this
categories?

Chordates Arthropods  Class ma’am.

 Now, as we go deeper to our
inverted triangle we will notice
that each classification divides the
their characteristics. Let’s go back
to Domain wherein it distinguish
whether the organism is animal or
plant, under domain is our
Kingdom which divides the animal
kingdom and Plant kingdom. Next
to kingdom is Phylum which
Divides both Animal kingdom and
Plant kingdom for example in
animal kingdom there are category
the chordates and arthropods..
Which do you think classification
follows the phylum?  Classes a “class” is a taxonomic rank above
 Very Good, who can read? the order and below the phylum. In a phylum,
there may be numerous classes like mammal,
reptiles, and amphibians.

 Excellent, for animal kingdom

there are 35 Phyla and this phyla
are broken down into 107 classes.
For example, in the Chordata
phylum are mammals, reptiles and
amphibians. Who would like to try
to classify the organisms that
 belong in the class category?  We think Order ma’am.
 Very Good, now we are getting
closer to the bottom. We already
classify that each domain is
grouped into kingdom, Each
kingdom is grouped into Phylum
and each phylum is grouped into
class. What do you think will
follow?  Order A taxonomic rank used in classifying
 Excellent, next to class is order. organisms, generally below the class, and
Anyone who would like to read comprised of families sharing a set of similar
the definition of order? nature or character.
 Thank you, orders is the division
of class. For example, orders in
mammal class include carnivora,
rodents and primates. For example
of primates class is us, humans as
well as monkeys, apes,
chimpanzees, and orangutans.
Who would like to classify the
organisms that belong in this
category?

 We think after order, family category will

 Excellent. Each class is group into follow for example. Horse, rabbit, cow,
order and each order is group into carabao, and panda are herbivores.
what? And what organisms do you
think will include in this category?  Family, In taxonomy, the family ranks below
 Wow, excellent answer. Who can the order and above the genus. Members of
read the definition of Family? the same taxonomic family are more closely
 In family it distinguish all related to each other than they are to other
organism that are closely related to members of the same order.
each other. For example, Foxes,
coyotes, lions, cats, otters, and
weasels are family which belongs
in the order Carnivora or
carnivores. Monkeys, apes,
chimpanzees, and orangutan are
family that belong in the order
primates. So can you classify the
organisms that belong in the
family category?
  Genus is a taxonomic rank used in the
 Next to family is? Anyone who biological classification of living and fossil
would like to read the Genus and organisms as well as viruses.
Species?  A species is regarded as the most basic unit or
 Thank you, Genus and Species are category in the biological system of
connected with each other but they classification. To be considered into a species
are different. In writing the rank, the group must have at least two of its
scientific name of an organism it is members capable of reproducing fertile
divided in to two, the first name is offspring (such as by sexual reproduction).
the Genus and the second name is
the Species. For example, Homo
sapiens. It is the scientific name of
Humans, Homo is the Genus name
and sapiens is the species name.

I. Abstraction

 In your activity earlier, how did  We identify them base on their physical
you identify the organism with appearance and characteristics.
other organism?  For example, the first image shows the bird
 Can you give an example? while the other image shows an organism with
four feet.

 Excellent job!
II. Application

 Why do you think that organizing  It is important because it is easier to

and arranging the organism base distinguish which family, order, class or
on the Linnaean system is species does the organism belong.
important?  Using the Linnaean system, it allow us to
know our distant cousins and to have a
knowledge which kingdom we belong
 It also it helps us categorize organisms so we
can more easily communicate biological
information.

C. After the Class

Teachers Activity Students Activity
I. Generalization

 Do you have anymore questions  Where does Dinosaurs belong in the

regarding on our topic for today class? Linnaean classification of taxonomy
 Dinosaurs are reptiles and their close ma’am?
family are lizards and chickens so they
belong in the class category.
 Do you have anymore questions?  None ma’am.
 Okay if none, let’s have a quick recap  Taxonomy is a Discipline of
 from what we have tackled today. classifying organisms and assigning
What is Taxonomy? each organism a universally accepted
name.
 Who is the founder of the Linnean  Carolus Linnaeus
system of classification?
 Give me the 8 levels of Linnean  Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Order,
system of Classification. Class, Family, Genus, and Species.
 What is the highest form of  Domain, organisms were only grouped
classification in taxonomy? And why? into eukaryotes and prokaryotes.
 What about the lowest form of  It refers to a group of organisms that
classification in Taxonomy and why? are similar in shape, form,
reproductive features.
 Genus and Species are connected with  Genus is a taxonomic rank used in the
each other but what are the difference biological classification of living and
between the two? fossil organisms as well as viruses.
 A species is regarded as the most basic
unit or category in the biological
system of classification.

 In writing the scientific name, which  Genus because Genus is higher

comes first? Genus or Species? And classification than Species.
why?
 Excellent answer everyone!
II. Evaluation:

Direction: Encircle the correct answer. Answer:

1. D
1. Which arrangement reflects the Linnaean 2. B
Hierarchical System of Classification in 3. D
ascending order? 4. B
A. species-genus-family-order-class-phylum- 5. B
kingdom-domain
B. species–phylum–genus–species–class–
order–family–domain
C. family–domain–phylum–genus–species–
class–order–kingdom
D. kingdom–domain–phylum–genus–species–
class–family–order
2. Which is the largest category in classifying
organisms?
A. class
C. family
B. domain
D. species
3. Scientific names are derived from the
____________.
A. species classification using its species as
first name
B. genus classification using its genus as first
name
C. binomial system of classification having
the first name based on its genus and second
name based on the species classification
 D. binomial system of classification having
the first name based on its genus and second
name based on the species classification
written in italicized form
4. Who is the Father of Modern Taxonomy
who first named plants and other living
organisms?
A. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
C. Gregor Mendel
B. Carolus Linnaeus
D. Isaac Newton
5. a group of organisms that can reproduce.
This means that only members of an
equivalent species can mate and produce
fertile offspring.
a. Genus
b. Species
c. Kingdom
d. Phylum

Assignment:
1. Determine the three Domains of Life

V. Remarks
Mastery of learnings:
Instructional decision:

VI. Reflection
Prepared by:

Vinice Anne D. Alovera

STUDENT INTERN
Checked:

Ms. Mergel Javillo

TII/ CT
Noted:
Mr. Ramy Lopez
HT I/SCIENCE