Selective breeding - KS3 Low Ability

An unfussy lesson on selective breeding, aimed at lower ability learners. The PowerPoint has a focus on keeping it simple and visual, with animations and video to help pace and add emphasis. The lesson starts with famous footballers and their lesser known, but successful, brothers. Content covers desirable characteristics, process of selective breeding, including a short and visual video, opportunities for discussion or inherited traits, and knowledge checks - including a chicken breeding worksheet.

Here are links to all resources in this topic: Genes and inheritance, Genes and environmental variation, Selective breeding, Genetic engineering, and Punnet squares

The PowerPoint uses dyslexia-friendly background, font, and character spacing. Icons indicate the nature of each section - e.g. group work, video, or note-taking. Key words, definitions, and phonetic pronunciation are also included in the PowerPoint. Feedback on this dyslexia-friendly style would be greatly appreciated!

All images freely sourced from Pixabay, and comply with the TES author code.