AQA GCSE - Classification and Evolution

A bundle of lessons on the ‘classification and evolution’ topic, from the AQA GCSE Combined Science specification.
These lessons were specifically designed for a lower ability year 10 class, but would be suitable for any KS4 group with some minor tweaking.
All lessons include:

• A 5-in-5 retrieval starter
• A lesson hook and/or additional retrieval practice
• Very clear direct instruction slides (low cognitive load, dual coding)
• Checks for understanding (quizzes, hand signals, cold call questions)
• Teacher modeling
• Guided discussions
• Independent tasks with modeled answers
• Exam questions with mark schemes and/or modeled answers
• A written plenary