GCSE Biology Topic 6: Evolution

In this GCSE Biology Topic 6: Evolution lesson, students will describe the process of evolution by natural selection, explain the evidence for evolution and discuss why Charles Darwin’s work was controversial.

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
What are these characteristics for?
Group reading (literacy)
Keywords (vocabulary: fittest, phenotypic variation, genotypic variation, evolution and adaptation)
Task boxes
Order the steps to show Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
Discussion exercise
Comprehension questions
Handout sheet task
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 lesson is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. It assumes that the previous content from topic 6 has been introduced but not necessarily mastered. 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/evolution-supplementary-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12557498

Next Lesson:

In this lesson, students will describe the steps of selective breeding and suggest how a farmer could improve his stock through selective breeding. They will also discuss the drawbacks of inbreeding and reduction in genetic variation.