Starter quiz
- What is the following an example of? Lions in a population have different levels of jaw strength.
- natural selection
- variation ✓
- competition
- evolution
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- What did Darwin notice about the Galapagos finches?
- Finches on different islands had the same beaks.
- Finches on different islands had different beaks. ✓
- These beaks were well-adapted to the food on each island. ✓
- These beaks were poorly-adapted to the food on each island.
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- What kinds of variations become more common due to natural selection?
- ones which are unhelpful to the individual's survival
- ones which are helpful to the individual's survival ✓
- all of them
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- Why is an unhelpful variation less likely to be passed on to offspring?
- because it will kill the individual instantly
- because individuals with unhelpful variations cannot reproduce
- because the individual is less likely to survive and reproduce ✓
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- What do we mean if we say a variation helps an individual to be 'more successful'?
- that they will have no health problems
- that they will have better access to resources like food and mates ✓
- that they will defeat all the other animals
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- Is this statement true or false? The process of evolution takes many generations and can take thousands or millions of years to make significant changes.
- 'true' ✓
Exit quiz
Put the events shown in the text map in the correct order.- 1⇔Darwin was born in 1809 into a wealthy family.
- 2⇔His father was a doctor and his mother had a family fortune.
- 3⇔The six Darwin children lived in a large house called 'The Mount'.
- 4⇔Darwin loved to do science experiments with his brother in the garden shed.
- 5⇔His mother died when he was eight and he was sent to boarding school.
- 6⇔He did poorly at school because he wanted to be outside in nature.
Which note best matches this picture from our text map of Darwin's biography?- went to South America
- Beagle went to Galapagos
- Beagle went to Galapagos - off coast of S. America ✓
- Beagle went to S. America
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- Put the sections of our Darwin biography in the correct order.
- 1⇔Early life
- 2⇔University & the Beagle
- 3⇔The Galapagos
- 4⇔Darwin's theory
- Match the subject-specific vocabulary words to their meanings.
- specimens⇔samples of plants or animals ✓
- naturalist⇔someone who studies plants and animals ✓
- observations⇔things a scientist notices ✓
- theory⇔a set of ideas to explain why something happens ✓
- Match the subject-specific vocabulary words to their meanings.
- species⇔a group of living things that can breed with each other ✓
- circumnavigate⇔go all the way around the world ✓
- entomology⇔the study of insects ✓
- endemic species⇔a species found only in that particular place ✓
- What is the purpose of cohesive devices?
- to help connect ideas ✓
- to show how ideas relate to each other ✓
- to help our writing flow together ✓
- to disrupt the flow of writing
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Writing is most successful when it is planned.
- Our biography of Charles Darwin will contain paragraphs organised by theme and in chronological order.
- We can plan in note form, using our text map to support us in recalling information about the subject of the biography.
- When we write, we use a range of cohesive devices to connect ideas together.
Common misconception
Pupils may struggle to describe Darwin's theory of evolution in simple terms.
You may wish to allow time to model this section to pupils, showing them that a simple explanation can cover the main points briefly.
Keywords
Theme - a central idea that the writer intends the audience to engage deeply with
Text map - a visual representation of a series of events, where pictures represent events
Notes - ideas recorded without using complete sentences
Subject-specific vocabulary - vocabulary we use when writing about a particular subject
Cohesive devices - language structures that develop text cohesion
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