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Activities

  1. Play class Guess Who and note characteristics that are inherited, noting variation (Yr5&6)
  2. Create dog breed Top Trumps cards, noting variation across breeds (Yr5&6)
  3. Use observed characteristics and simple dominant and recessive genes model to’ breed’ dogs (Yr5&6)


Investigation
Inheritance Detective. Play inheritance detective and identify inherited and environmental characteristics. Score survival points by identifying examples of variation through the creation of your very own dog Top Trumps™ cards. (Exploring, Analysing secondary sources)
Years 5&6 - Play class Guess Who and note characteristics that are inherited, noting variation
Years 5&6 - Create dog breed Top Trumps™ cards, noting variation across breeds
Years 5&6 - Use observed characteristics and simple dominant and recessive genes (Y6) model to’ breed’ dogs


Vocabulary
Offspring, characteristics, vary/variation, inherit/inheritance, environmental variation

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