GCSE Biology Topic 6: Inherited Disorders

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In this lesson, students will discuss the pros and cons of embryo screening, use genetic diagrams to calculate the odds of inheriting conditions from dominant and recessive alleles and read family trees to show how characteristics are inherited.

GCSE Biology Topic 6: Inherited Disorders

In this GCSE Biology Topic 6: Inherited Disorders lesson, students will discuss the pros and cons of embryo screening, use genetic diagrams to calculate the odds of inheriting conditions from dominant and recessive alleles and read family trees to show how characteristics are inherited.

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 polydactyly (dominant)
Comprehension questions cystic fibrosis (recessive)
Discussion exercise
Handout sheet task with extension
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.
- It does assume that students have some prior familiarity with genetic diagrams and the terminology of genetics (see Genetic Diagrams Lesson).
- For the extension to the handout task they will need to have some understanding of drug development (see Topic 3 Drugs lesson).
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/inherited-disorders-supplementary-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12405728

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In this lesson, students will describe the work Mendel, state the three conclusions Mendel came to and explain why it took time for people to understand Mendel’s work.