Activate KS3 Science - B6 Adaptations and Inheritance

Lesson plans and resources for Module B6 Adaptations, Inheritance and Extinction.
Adapted from the Oxford Activate Scheme of Learning

See my ‘Activate KS3 Science SOL’ resource for my full course structure, I will add all the modules over time.

B6.1 Competition and Adaptation (Introduces competition and adaptation of species)
B6.2 Adapting to Change (Introduction to seasonal changes in animals and plants)
B6.3 Variation (Introduction to the concept of variation, inherited and environmental variation
B6.4 Continuous and Discontinuous Variation (Builds on the themes of the previous lesson, categorising
variation into continuous and discontinuous)
B6.5 Inheritance (Introduction to DNA, genes and chromosomes and how characteristics are inherited)
B6.6 Evolution and Natural Selection (Introduction to the concepts of evolution and the theory of natural selection)
B6.7 Natural Selection and Darwin (a more in depth look into how Darwin develop his theory of natural selection and the problems he faced)
B6.8 Extinction (An overview of the causes of extinction and how extinction by be prevented by conservation method)
B6.9 Fossils (An overview into the formation and fossils and what we have gain in understanding from their discovery)