🔬 Science · Organisms & Life Processes
Inherited characteristics
Analyse and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms
Typical age: 8–9 years
“If your child measures the height of all the sunflowers in the garden, can they see that they're all sunflowers but each one is a slightly different height?”
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- Offspring resemble parentsREQUIRED
Must observe parent-offspring resemblance before analysing inherited traits with data
- Traits: inherited and environmentalREQUIRED
Must understand inherited traits before learning environment also influences traits
- Variation & Survival AdvantageREQUIRED
Must understand trait variation before explaining how variation provides survival advantages