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[From Episode 6: Word Nerds Rejoice!]
HOLY HOMO SAPIEN, BATMAN! Here's our trick of remembering the taxonomy groups in order from large to specific. And you have two equally disturbing ones to choose from:
Kanye, Please Come Over For Great Sex
or
King Phillip Chases Old Fat Girl Scouts
The taxonomy levels are as follows:
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
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The mnemonic I learned in high school biology came back to me while listening: Keep Ponds Clean Or Fish Get Sick. Now you can be environmentally friendly and, most importantly, Kanye-free.
Thanks for the podcast - I'm really enjoying it!
The one I learned in High School was King Phillip Comes Over For Games and Skits.
Sounds like King Phillip was a common part of the mnemonics for this...the one I grew up with was King Phillip Came Over From Germany Screaming.
My Honors Biology teacher in my sophomore year of high school taught my class the following:
Kinky People Can Often Find Good Sex
I was taught Kids Play Catch On Farmer Green's Shed, but all of the above are awesome
We were taught a mnemonic for this last year, seems like an amalgamation of some of the above:
Keep Penis Clean Or Forget Great Sex
alternatively, now that Domain has officially been added above Kingdom,
Dudes, Keep Penis Clean Or Forget Great Sex
When I took Bio in college, I didn't know these mnemonics already existed, so I made up my own for the classifications AND the human classification. The one for the classification names is pretty lame (and uses horrible grammar):
Don't Kill People Cuz OF God Says
But for Human classification (Eukarya Animalia Chordata Mammalia Primates Hominidae Homo Sapiens), I came up with something amazing.
Eggs Are Called Mini Protein Holders, Heavily Shelled
Also, how i learned, King Phillip cried, "Oh for goodnes sake!". Love the brains of everyone who has sent their own mnumonic though! Peace. G
How we learned it in 8th grade:
Ken Poured Coffee On Fran's Good Shirt