They used colored clay and created a creature. Since they were studying scientific names, they gave the creatures scientific names based on their features. All the creatures were very creative. Carolus Linnaeus was the man who developed binomial nomenclature. The name given to an organism is called its scientific name.
Scientific names are in Latin.
Linnaeus chose Latin because it wasn't anybody's native language. The scientific name of an organism is made up of its genus and species. The clay creature in the picture is called a Purple-Winged Hair Bird. Its scientific name is Aveshirsuta Purpureuspinnae. The celebration of Earth Week has many week long activities to get students personally involved.