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Year 6 · Science

Offspring And Variation

Year 6 learners practise why offspring vary from their parents.

The activities include Examine Aspects of Variation, Find Out About Variation, Identify Differences Between Us, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, interactive, lesson. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

  • Examine Aspects of Variation
  • Find Out About Variation
  • Identify Differences Between Us
  • Investigate Differences Between Us
  • Investigate Variation
  • Look at Differences Between Us

Checked learning resources

  • Offspring: similar but not identical

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 6 science lesson, video, worksheet and quizzes on variation and why offspring share inherited characteristics but are not identical.

  • Analysing data about human height

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    KS2 Year 5 science lesson and video on interpreting data about differences in human height. Pupils analyse graphs showing how human height varies, identify patterns and use the data to make predictions. The lesson includ

  • Offspring: similar but not identical worksheet and quiz downloads

    Oak National Academy · Interactive · Opens on the provider website

    Year 6 science downloadable Year 6 worksheet and starter and exit quizzes on variation and why offspring share inherited characteristics but are not identical.

  • Science: Evolution and Inheritance: Inheritance Year 6 Lesson 2

    Twinkl · Lesson · Account may be required

    Year 6 science lesson plan, presentation and activity sheets examining variation in offspring, differences in human characteristics, inherited traits and characteristics acquired from the environment.

  • Stepping into Science Year 6: Variation Steps 1 to 2

    Twinkl · Lesson · Account may be required

    Year 6 science teaching and investigation resources for identifying and measuring human variation, comparing differences in characteristics and deciding whether they are inherited or environmental.

  • Evolution and inheritance

    Oak National Academy · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

    Year 6 Science resource matched to why offspring vary from their parents.

  • Evolution and inheritance - KS2 Science

    BBC Bitesize · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

    Year 6 Science resource matched to why offspring vary from their parents.