Evolution and Inheritance
Project overview
This project teaches children about how living things on Earth have changed over time, and how fossils provide evidence for this. They learn how characteristics are passed from parents to their offspring, and how variation in offspring can affect their survival, with changes (adaptations) possibly leading to evolution.
Key Learning Topics
- Classifying living things
- Classifying fossils
- <a href="https://cornerstoneseducation.co.uk/topic/evolution-and-inheritance/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Theory of evolution</a>
- <a href="https://cornerstoneseducation.co.uk/topic/evolution-and-inheritance/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Inheritance</a>
- Adaption
- Natural selection
- Artificial selection
Cross-curricular links
- Science
Lesson activities with quality supporting resources
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12 lesson activities -
37 high quality resources
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