Lesson Planning
Teaching
- To examine how the fossil record helps us understand evolutionary relationships (Yr5&6).
- To understand what a cladogram is and how it shows evolutionary relationships (Yr5&6).
Activities
- Complete online exploration of the evolution of flight in birds through the fossil record (Yr5 –support /Yr6 – ind.)
- Create a cladogram using modern animals (Yr5&6)
Investigation
Fossils and Evolutionary Trees. Create a biscuit cladogram and use your evolutionary expertise in the exploration of bird flight and animal cladograms. (Exploring, Problem solving, Pattern seeking, Analysing secondary sources)
Years 5&6 - Complete online exploration of the evolution of flight in birds through the fossil record (Y5 –support & Y6 - ind)
Years 5&6 - Create a cladogram using modern animals
Vocabulary
Evolution, natural selection, adapted/adaptation, characteristics, vary/variation, cladogram, fossils