Charles Darwin
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What You Get
What You Get
This pack contains a fully-prepared lesson which has been written and created by experienced primary teachers.
The lessons contains:
- An easy-to-follow lesson plan (including plenary and assessment questions)
- An engaging slideshow for the teaching input
- A main activity with three-way differentiation for adaptive teaching
- An alternative activity for flexibility and choice
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Curriculum Coverage
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Activities are designed to spark curiosity, encourage discussion and make learning memorable.
In this lesson, children will be introduced to the famous naturalist Charles Darwin, and discover how his study of finches collected from the Galapagos Islands led to him proposing his theory of evolution by natural selection.
After the main teaching input and class discussion, children will show and discuss their knowledge and understanding of this concept. In the alternative activity, they can take part in a 'bird beak' investigation, where they explore how different beak types may be advantageous or disadvantageous according to the food available.
Included in this ready-to-teach Charles Darwin Special People pack is a detailed plan, a set of informative slides for the teaching input, differentiated activity ideas and printable resources.
You might also be interested in our Year 6 Science scheme, Evolution and Inheritance.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Differentiated worksheets
- Bird Beak Activity Teacher Notes
- Recoding Sheet
- Question Sheet
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