A generation in a family is all of the people born and living around the same time.

A similarity is something that two or more objects have in common.

The way someone or something looks is called its appearance.

Your ancestor lived in the past and is directly related to you.

Family trees (non-statutory)

Science

Where fossils are found (non-statutory)

What fossils can tell us about the past

How living things have changed over time

Human skulls: using evidence from the past (non-statutory)

Offspring: similar but not identical

Inherited characteristics

Animal adaptations

Charles Darwin and finches

Plant adaptations

More about plant adaptations

The survival of the fittest

Evolution: evidence

Evolution: presentation

In this Evolution and inheritance unit, pupils learn that, normally, offspring vary and are not identical to parents. In the Heredity and DNA unit, they will build on this knowledge to learn about how genes and chromosomes work. 

In the New life unit, pupils learnt that animals, including humans have offspring which grow into adults. In this Evolution and Inheritance unit, pupils will build on this knowledge to recognise that living things produce offspring of the same kind, but normally offspring vary and are not identical to parents

This unit explores how living things have changed over time, using fossils as evidence of past life. It covers how offspring vary from parents and how adaptation leads to evolution. Emphasis is on planning scientific enquiries, recording data, and evaluating scientific evidence.

Evolution and inheritance

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

What is the name for a diagram that shows all the people in a family over many generations?

Which generation goes at the top of a family tree?

Which of these people would be at the top of Aisha’s family tree?

We can use our skills of __________ to identify similarities and differences between family members.

What is the name for a person who was born in the past and is directly related to you?

They are the same shape for every family.

They have the youngest generation at the top.

They show how family members are related to each other.

Which of these statements about family trees is correct?

Which of these means something that happened before another event?

Starting with the oldest, put these family members in order.

They are completely different to each other.

If two things have something in common, what does this mean?

All animals reproduce. Reproduction is when animals …

Match the family member to their relation to you.

A physical characteristic is one that relates to …

Family trees (non-statutory)

Lesson outcome

Content guidance