GCSE Biology Topic 6: Selective Breeding

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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.

GCSE Biology Topic 6: Selective Breeding

In this GCSE Biology Topic 6: Selective Breeding 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.

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
Discussion exercise
Group reading (literacy)
Order the steps
Task boxes
Sorting task (natural selection vs selective breeding)
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 activity is straightforward and requires no specialist expertise. 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/variation-and-selective-breeding-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12974532

Next Lesson: Genetic Engineering

In this lesson, students will give some examples of how genetic engineering is used, describe an overview of how genetic engineering works and compare genetic engineering with selective breeding.