This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question, 'Who was Charles Darwin and why does he remain a controversial figure? ' It is a Year 6 Science lesson from the unit Evolution and Inheritance from Focus Education.

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This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question, 'What do we mean by evolution and inheritance?' It is a Year 6 Science lesson from the unit Evolution and Inheritance from Focus Education.

What do we mean by evolution and inheritance?

This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question, 'What part did fossils play in helping us understand more about living things that inhabited our Earth millions of years ago?' It is a Year 6 Science lesson from the unit Evolution and Inheritance from Focus Education.

What part did fossils play in helping us understand more about living things that inhabited our Earth millions of years ago?

This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question, 'How do off-spring vary so that they are not normally identical to their parents? ' It is a Year 6 Science lesson from the unit Evolution and Inheritance from Focus Education.

How do off-spring vary so that they are not normally identical to their parents?

This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question, 'How have animals and plants adapted to suit their environment in different ways and how may that adaptation lead to evolution? ' It is a Year 6 Science lesson from the unit Evolution and Inheritance from Focus Education.

How have animals and plants adapted to suit their environment in different ways and how may that adaptation lead to evolution?

Year 6 Science unit, Evolution and Inheritance, uses an enquiry-approach methodology, lessons are built upon a key question and explore the role that fossils have played in helping us to understand how life has changed over millions of years. The unit also introduces students to pivotal scientists, such as Charles Darwin, who made major contributions to this area of science. 

Evolution and Inheritance

Science

Year 6

Who was Charles Darwin and why does he remain a controversial figure?

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Who was Charles Darwin and why does he remain a controversial figure?

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