Lesson Planning

Teaching

• Recognise the role fossils have in the development of evolutionary theory.
• Learn more about the work of Anning, Darwin and Wallace.

Activities

1. Research the life and work of Anning, Darwin or Wallace and share as a presentation.
2. Use given evidence to attempt to back up evolutionary ideas, presenting logical findings.
3. Play fossil ‘what if’.

Investigation - analysing secondary sources
Meet Darwin, Anning and Wallace and explore the role of fossils in scientific understanding of evolution.

Vocabulary
Evolution, adapted/adaptation, offspring, characteristics, vary/variation, fossils, theory, opinion