Learning objectives
Knowledge
- To explain why there are differences within a species.
Working scientifically
- To group factors.
Success criteria
Knowledge
- I can define
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National curriculum
Science
Evolution and inheritance
Pupils
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Cross-curricular links
English
Spoken language
Pupils should be taught
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
1: Lesson plan
An area for you to put useful resources from the previous lesson
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Could cut out the conclusion statements from the Activity: Observing variation and drawing conclusions to make it easier to find the best match with the observations; should work with the first six cards from the Activity: Variation diamond nine (personalised medicine, fingerprinting, telling people apart, enjoying variety, suiting certain tasks and predicting chance of illness) and order the cards from most to least useful.
Pupils working at greater depth
Could have the conclusion statements removed from the Activity: Observing variation and drawing conclusions to encourage them to write their own conclusions before reviewing and sorting the provided statements; should add additional characteristics to the Venn diagram sorting environmental and inherited variation.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: defining variation as differences
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Knowledge outcomes
- I can define variation as differences between individuals of the same species.
- I can identify variation in organisms, such as fur colour, leaf shape or height/length.
- I can recall that variation is caused by inherited and environmental factors.
- I can group causes of variation as inherited, environmental or a mixture of both.
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Vocabulary definitions
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characteristic
A noticeable feature or quality.
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environment
The air, water or land surrounding an organism.
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