ScienceYears 10–11Biology — Inheritance

Inheritance, variation and evolution

Explain DNA structure, genetic inheritance (Punnett squares), variation, natural selection, classification and evolution

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Imagine a family of dogs 🐕 — the puppies look like their parents but not exactly the same.

  2. 2

    What do puppies get from their parents?

  3. 3

    Drag the traits to show which are inherited from parents and which come from the environment.

  4. 4

    Let's look at a family of pea plants 🌱 — tall or short?

  5. 5

    Why might two siblings look different even though they have the same parents?

  6. 6

    Use the model to show how a child inherits one version of a gene from each parent.

  7. 7

    What is the name for the process where living things pass features to their offspring?

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