GCSE Biology Topic 6: Mutation
In this GCSE Biology Topic 6: Mutation lesson, students will describe what mutation is, explain how mutation can lead to disease and describe the different types of mutations (insertion, addition and substitution).
The slides include extension questions, and students can choose from a variety of different tasks.
This lesson includes:
- Title slide with learning objectives
- A starter activity
- Group reading
- Task boxes
- Comprehension questions
- Discussion Exercise
- Handout exercise
- Order the steps
- Long-answer questions
- Includes assessment for learning (AFL). Answer slides included for self-assessment
- Suitable for remote, online, distance learning
- Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This activity is straightforward and requires no specialist expertise, however it does require the basic structure of DNA to have been taught first (see DNA and protein synthesis) Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes.
A supplementary resource designed to support self-directed learning, homework and independent projects is available here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/dna-supplementary-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12974472
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Next Lesson: Sexual Reproduction
GCSE Biology~ lesson on Sexual Reproduction and Meiosis. In this lesson, students will describe the production of gametes by meiosis and explain how gametes fuse to produce offspring. They will explain how this leads to genetic variation and why this is important.
Lessons for Key Stage 4 GCSE Biology Topic 6 Inheritance, Variation and Evolution
- DNA and Protein Synthesis
- Mutation
- Sexual Reproduction
- Asexual Reproduction
- X and Y Chromosomes
- Genetic Diagrams
- Inherited Disorders
- Gregor Mendel
- Variation
- Evolution
- Selective Breeding
- Genetic Engineering
- Cloning
- Fossils
- Speciation
- Classification and Evolutionary Trees
- Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria
