Lesson Five – Offspring
This science teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to conduct research and present findings to illustrate and record how offspring can be similar to their parents as part of the reproduction process.
The class can select a species of mammal to record the similarities and differences between their offspring and parents when writing a report about their findings.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to conduct research and present findings to illustrate and record how offspring can be similar to their parents as part of the reproduction process
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and explain how some offspring can be identical to each other, a shared reading text to explain how offspring of parents can be similar and how behaviours are taught by parents and not inherited and a template to collect and record information about a specific type of mammal.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to conduct research and present findings to illustrate and record how offspring can be similar to their parents.
This lesson is part of a science scheme of work to get the children to explore how living things adapt and evolve over time as a result of competition for natural resources and transfer inherited traits to their offspring. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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