Year 6 SCIENCE - Evolution & Inheritance

I've pointed you towards The Phoenix Comic & Corpse Talk in past blogs. Two of the latest issues are especially relevant to the new National Curriculum. Issues 156 & 157 involve Charles Darwin and Human Evolution. 

http://www.thephoenixcomic.co.uk/shop/

What a great resource - short and simple. The team at The Phoenix deserve a pat on the back for continuing to produce a high-quality comic for children with NO ADVERTS and brilliant graphics and storylines. I'm eagerly awaiting their upcoming strip on the Universe.

If you're looking for other resources to help teach this topic look for a copy of Catalyst from 2009 (Darwin's anniversaries), The Biologist article on Alfred Russel Wallace and Primary Science review articles.

From Primary Science Review

From The Biologist 

Finally, for getting to the bottom, how about Evolution a la Simpsons.

http://www.lghs.net/ourpages/users/dburns/ScienceOnSimpsons/Clips.html