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Evolution performance

Topics Year 4/5

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Objectives

Science

  • Find out about the work of Charles Darwin.

English

  • Perform in public, read aloud their own writing to a group or the whole class, using appropriate intonation and controlling the tone and volume so that the meaning is clear.

Lesson Planning

Select the songs and poems that best show what you have learned about Darwin. Practise and then perform them for the rest of the school.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To find out about Darwin theory of evolution.
  • To perform a piece of poetry or a song for the school using the right intonation, tone and volume of voice.

Children will:

  • Explain Darwin's theory on fossils, geology, extinction and evolution by natural selection.
  • Perform some of their own work in public.

Provided Resources

This session does not need any provided resources.

You Will Need

  • Video camera or other recording device

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