Science- Evolution and Inheritance- Charles Darwin-Lesson 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 first lesson of a sequence of planning that focuses around the big question 'How have living things changed to survive? Each lesson will provide children more and more answers to this question by focusing on a range studied areas.

The purpose of this first lesson is to provide children with the relevant research/studies that underpin our knowledge of evolution and inheritance. This includes learning about Charles Darwin. Children will jot down facts they learn about Charles Darwin and his studies around his name in the center of a page in their books- they will use this information as a reference point throughout the Science unit.

This session also includes links to good quality learning videos.