Cytoplasm is the jelly-like substance inside a cell where the chemical reactions of the cell take place.

The nucleus stores the genetic material of plant, animal and fungi cells.

Genetic material is made of a chemical substance called DNA.

DNA is built from four different molecules (ATCG), which form a genetic code used as instructions to build and control living organisms.

Genetic material and DNA

Science

Pupils will learn about sexual reproduction in humans, including the structure and function of the male and female reproductive systems, menstrual cycle, gametes, fertilisation, gestation and birth.

In Year 6, pupils learned that living organisms produce offspring of the same kind, that characteristics are passed from parents to their offspring, and that offspring look similar to their parents and to one another but are not identical to them.

This unit examines the transmission of genetic information through heredity, how scientific methods evolve with new evidence, the importance of publishing and peer review, and the Study of DNA, chromosomes, and genes while developing lab skills focusing on safety.

Heredity and DNA

In animal, plant and fungi cells the genetic material is stored in the...

In a bacteria cell, where is the genetic material stored?

Genetic material holds the instructions for all {{}} features and processes in a living organism.

carry the genetic code that determines inherited features.

leave a unique fingerprint at a crime scene.

be passed from fathers to babies to prove who the Dad is.

Where is genetic material stored in an animal cell? Choose the correct structure.

Choose the features which all living cells have.

Genetic material is passed on to offspring during the process of...

Passing genetic material from parent to offspring.

The living building blocks of all living organisms.

To gain features or processes from a parent.

Where the genetic material of some cells is stored.

Match the keyword to the correct definition.

Bacteria don't have genetic material because they don't reproduce.

Bacterial genetic material is in the cytoplasm as they don't have a nucleus.

Bacterial genetic material is inside a nucleus just like plant and animal cells.

Which factor passes on features by heredity?

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Genetic material and DNA

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.