Science - Year 6

Evolution and Inheritance – Block 6EI

The Game of Survival

Session 1

Resource pack

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Personal code card template

Name

INHERITED CHARACTERISTICS

Eye colour

Hair colour

Skin colour

Ear lobes (attached or not)

Tongue rolling

Blood group

Health conditions (e.g. migraine)

Hydrangea images acid to neutral to alkaline soils

Inherited or environmental game

Eye colour Tanned skin from the sun

Hair colour Language

Skin colour General health

Ear lobes Shape of nose

Scar from an accident Height

Sporting ability Tongue rolling

Blood group Intelligence

Migraines Weight

Eye colour inheritance Background: Gregor Mendel (1822-1884) was an Austrian monk doing experiments on pea plants. He realised that features were being passed down from parents to offspring in pieces (one corresponding piece from each parent), which we now call genes. He studied the size of the plants, the colour of flowers, pea pods & peas, whether or not the peas &/or pods were wrinkled & whether the flowers grew at the ends of stems (terminal) or from the sides (axial). Sometimes the offspring didn’t look like either of the parents, but their offspring then revealed some of the hidden features (weaker or recessive features).

Blue or brown eyes?

Dog Top Trumps™ template

Length of coat:

Intelligence:

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Temperament:

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Breeds of Dog

Afghan Hound Airedale Terrier

Basset Hound Chihuahua

Old English Sheepdog Pomeranian

Rottweiler Scottish Deerhound

Dalmatian Bulldog

Dachshund

Corgi

English Cocker Spaniel German Shepherd

Great Dane Italian Greyhound

Miniature Poodle Border Collie

Labrador Yorkshire Terrier

Jack Russell Terrier Bloodhound

Saint Bernard West Highland Terrier

Identical Twins

Twins

Chimpanzee images