Explaining Adaptations and Mutations using Cake Analogy KS3 KS4

I’ve really enjoyed working through this sheet with my students, especially my Year 8’s, as they really enjoy hearing that they’ve completed a piece of work that includes some A-level knowledge!

Using the cake analogy means that students understand what’s going on, even if they don’t know the A-level information needed to understand why. Two worksheets are included, one where I had spent the whole lesson on the work linked to cancer (students then completed a lesson from the Cancer Research site), and a second where I instead linked the mutations to adaptations.