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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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

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…

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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

  • characteristic

    A noticeable feature or quality.

  • environment

    The air, water or land surrounding an organism.

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