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Lesson 2: Inheritance

Looking at patterns of inheritance in different species and their offspring.
Mother duck swimming with ducklings

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Lesson plan

1. Recap and recall

Display the Presentation: Variation in dogs and hand out whiteboards and pens (one between two). Ask the children to work in pairs to list the variations between these breeds of dogs.

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