Evolution and Inheritance-Science- Lesson Three- How animals have evolved to survive-Birds-Part One

Looking for Evolution and Inheritance Science planning that focuses around a ‘Big Question’ for the whole unit?

More and more schools are expecting all planning to have an overarching question that works across the whole planning. The purpose is to provide a hook for the children and to make every lesson relevant to the final learning outcome.

This is the Third lesson of a sequence of planning that focuses around the big question 'How have living things changed to survive? Each lesson in the unit will provide children more and more answers to this question by focusing on a range of studied areas.

Lesson Three is part one of two lessons about ‘How animals have evolved to survive’ Lesson four is part two. Both lessons focus on birds.

Lesson three is an exciting practical investigation about how beaks have evolved over the years for survival. They will all attempt to be birds and pick up different types of food with different beaks- reviewing which beak would help them to thrive the most. Children will write predictions, make conclusions and put their results into tables.

Lesson outcomes:
*Understand the term Evolution
*Mention changes in birds how this aids survivals
*Comment on disadvantages of evolutionary changes- suggest changes.