Inheritance is a topic that was highlighted in our survey of teachers as an area where some additional teaching ideas may be helpful. There is a concern, when discussing inheritance, that it may highlight issues in class (adoption etc) if human inheritance is discussed, particularly at primary level. In order to minimise this concern, having your class make ‘ree-bops’ \u00a0 (play-doh ‘animals’ who have inherited genes from their ‘parents’) is an engaging way to teach the topic. Attached are links for introducing the topic of inheritance, assessing knowledge, games and ree-bop instructions.<\/p>\n
Reebops-Primary_46<\/a>\u00a0– SSERC bulletein describing reebops in more detail (with pictures) for background information<\/p>\n Inheritance Lesson Ideas<\/a>\u00a0– some lesson ideas with CfE links<\/p>\n Inheritance_primary<\/a> Reebop pedigree cards<\/a>\u00a0– cards for pupils to name their ree-bop and add genotype and phenotype data<\/p>\n Vocabulary_inheritance[2]<\/a>\u00a0– important vocabulary for children to learn in the topic<\/p>\n genetics_dominoes_2<\/a>\u00a0– game of dominoes to reinforce concepts learned<\/p>\n parents and offspring<\/a>\u00a0– picture cards of parent animals and their offspring<\/p>\n Similarities and differences – worksheet to be used with parent and offspring pictures<\/a><\/p>\n True_F_NS_Primary<\/a>\u00a0– true and false statements about inheritance to assess understanding as well as prior knowledge<\/p>\n Class_data – worksheet to fill in for class continuous variation<\/a><\/p>\n Individual_data – worksheet to fill in for individual measurements (continuous variation)<\/a><\/p>\n Variation_discon – discrete traits tick list<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Inheritance is a topic that was highlighted in our survey of teachers as an area where some additional teaching ideas may be helpful. There is a concern, when discussing inheritance, that it may highlight issues in class (adoption etc) if human inheritance is discussed, particularly at primary level. In order to minimise this concern, having … Continue reading Inheritance teaching ideas<\/span>