Genes and Inheritance - KS3 Low Ability

An introduction to inheritance, genes, and variation, with a focus on keeping it simple and visual, with animations to help pace and add emphasis. The lesson is aimed at low to middle ability learners, but could easily be adapted for faster learners. Animations take learners inside a cell to zoom in on the chromosomes and eventually to sections of DNA. Colour coding helps make sense of the idea of pairs of genes. I have uploaded a follow-up resource (genetic and environmental variation), which could easily be spread over two lessons, and comes with a dyslexia-friendly crossword with a word bank and answers. The crossword also covers terms used in this resource.

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 and definitions are included, along with phonetic pronunciations. Feedback on this dyslexia-friendly style would be greatly appreciated!

All images are freely sourced from Pixabay, and meet with TES author copyright requirements.