Subject: RESEARCH GRADE 7 MELC No.

6 Quarter: 1

MELC: Classify objects and events according to observable characteristics

What I need to know?

What is new?
A. The learners will write a category name for each group of words.
1. Asparagus bean pepper ____________________________
2. Turtle tortoise lizard ____________________________
3. Valleys plateaus mountains ____________________________
4. Pine redwood sequoia ____________________________
5. Rockweed sea lettuce kelp ____________________________
6. Frog toad salamander ____________________________
7. Winter summer fall ____________________________
8. Ostrich rooster penguins ____________________________
9. Oregano rosemary sage ____________________________
10. Falcon eagle buzzard ____________________________

B. Read each group of words then encircle the word that does not belong on the line.
Write the category of the formed group on the space provided.
1. Bother grandmother father uncle ____________________
2. Onion garlic carrot spinach __________________
3. Owl eagle bats sparrow __________________
4. Building house skyscraper cottage __________________
5. Gold copper bronze lead _____________________
6. Viola violin cello oboe ____________________
7. Bee spider beetle locust ____________________
8. River stream pond ocean ____________________
9. Moon Mars Earth Jupiter ___________________
10. Bull pit hound Siamese retriever _________________

The learners will do the activities below:

Activity 1: “Classifying”
The 8 rows of illustrations that follow contain 32 animals. (The illustrations are not
drawn to scale.) There are many different ways to classify these animals. As you try out
various organizing ideas, don’t be discouraged if you have to revise some of those ideas.
Use the illustration to answer the guide questions.

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Guide Questions:
1. Develop a classification system for the animals that contains just 2 groups.
Give a name to each group, and classify the animals according to this system.
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2. Develop a classification system for the animals that uses 3–5 groups. Give a name to
each group, and classify the animals according to this system.
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3. Develop a classification system for the animals that contains 2 levels. You can use one
of your systems from Questions 1 and 2, or develop a new system. Use a diagram to
show all the groups in your system.
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4. Classify the animals according to the system that you developed in Question 3.
(Hint: You may want to use a data table to organize your lists.)
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5. Suppose that you are designing a zoo. Your goal is to prepare exhibits that will be easy
to maintain. Would you use any of your classification systems from Questions 1–4 to
plan the zoo? Explain.
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6. Which of the classification systems that you developed in Questions 1–4 would help
you learn the most new information about animals? Explain.
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Activity 2: “Science Process Skill: Classifying”

Objective: The learners will classify the leaves according to its characteristics
Materials: Collection of leaves

Procedure:
1. Walk around to your backyard for you to collect leaves.
2. Group the leaves according to one or more characteristics. You may create your
own way of presenting the classification on your cattleya notebook.

Questions:
1. What is classifying?
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2. How did you classify the leaves?
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3. Was it easy for you to classify the leaves? Why?
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4. What are the things that you need to consider in classifying?
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5. What is the importance of classifying in science?
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QUIZ

Develop a classification system for your clothes that has at least two levels. Write a word
or phrase that shows the organizing idea for each grouping.

REFLECTION
I learned that… __________________________________________________________
I discovered that…________________________________________________________
I realized that…___________________________________________________________

Prepared by: R.V.D.V

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