Lesson 1: Variation

Before starting this unit, check the children can recall the following key facts from the unit Science, Year 3, Rocks and soil, Science, Year 4, Classification and changing habitats and Science, Year 5, Life cycles and reproduction:

• Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of a dead organism. They formed when things that lived were trapped within rock.

• Living things have notable differences that can be used to group them in varying ways.

• Environments can change and this can sometimes pose dangers to living things.

• Plants use both asexual and sexual reproduction to produce offspring.

• Animals use sexual reproduction to produce offspring.

Use the Activity: Recap and recall variation and inheritance mind map (one each) if needed.