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Science at key stage 3    (Year 9)

Unit 9A: Inheritance and selection

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Out-of-school learning

Pupils could:

  • watch television programmes or read newspaper and magazine articles about cloning and cellular 'surgery' and the impact of GMOs on the environment, and evaluate whether such information is biased
  • search the internet to explore issues relating to this topic
  • visit farms, including urban farms, rare-breed centres or allotments to gain first-hand experience of the differences between particular breeds and varieties

Sections in this unit

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1. What characteristics can be inherited?
2. Why are offspring of the same parents similar but not identical?
3. a. How do differences between offspring with the same parents compare with differences between offspring of different parents?
4. b. How do differences between offspring with the same parents compare with differences between offspring of different parents?
5. How are new breeds of animal produced?
6. Checking progress
7. Why do farmers produce new breeds of animals?
8. a. How are new varieties of plant produced?
9. b. How are new varieties of plant produced?
10. Are varieties produced by selective breeding different from each other?
11. What is a clone?
12. Reviewing work