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    • The Origin of Species

    As part of the LPS Matrix approach, we discussed our prior knowledge, discussed what we would like to learn about, created questions to explore and identified skills we would need to use throughout the topic.

    Here are the questions we created:

    What is natural selection and survival of the fittest?

    Why was the 'Theory of Evolution' controversial?

    Why is Darwin credited more than Wallace?

    What type of environments are there?

    How do animals adapt?

    How long does it take for animals to change and adapt?

    What was the Wallace Line?

    What environment did humans evolve from?

    What will we evolve into next?

    Where are the other human species?

    Examples of pupil work:

    Topic Glossary

    Identifying World Biomes

    Representing energy transfer within biomes

    Using conversion graphs to estimate distances travelled in Darwin and Wallace's voyages

    Branching databases of animal characteristics

    Welsh Past Tense: A.R. Wallace expedition recount

    Developing structure and form to sketch animals

    Exploring how species adapt to differing biomes

    Understanding inheritance and genetics

    Displaying and interpreting trends - Natural selection of the Peppered Moth

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