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Professor Steve Jones: Variation, Evolution and Inheritance
This video from Teachers TV follows Professor Steve Jones as he introduces a Year Six class to genetic diversity. The practical lesson links to the topics of classification of living things, evolution and inheritance. Children look at the observable similarities and differences between a sample of snails and then at the observable and hidden differences within the class. They investigate how they may classify and group themselves according to characteristics such as: eye colour, skin colour, tongue rolling, taste preference and finger print pattern and then produce a code to represent themselves as individuals. The class teacher observes the lesson and provides a commentary on the teaching and learning. This video, complementing the Evolution Megalab collection, links to following resources: Snail Hunt (Key Stage 1) Snail Activities (Key Stage 1) Snail Space (Key Stage 2 ) How to Hunt Banded Snails
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