Animal Communication
Students explore why animals communicate with one another and the different methods used. Students develop key science skills by researching a species and selecting the relevant information to write a video narration.
Human Impacts on the Environment
Students will learn about how humans can have negative impacts on the environment and endangered species. They will be asked to consider how human impacts can be measured, and what can be done to help.
Biodiversity and Evolution –
Darwin’s Finches
Explore the importance of biodiversity and how observing variation in the beak shape of Galapagos finches helped Darwin to formulate his theory of natural selection.
Design a conservation
programme
Quick Start Guide
By designing a conservation programme, students learn about the importance of biodiversity as well as the economic benefits and services ecosystems provide.
Darwin and natural selection
An introduction to the four observations and two deductions that led Charles Darwin to form his theory of evolution.
Evolution and adaptation
Explore how different species are adapted to their way of life, and how common characteristics are used to classify them into groups.
Primate evolution – family ties
Learn more about how all present-day primates, including human-beings, have evolved from a common ancestor.
Natural selection – the peppered moth
Investigate a famous case study for evolution - the peppered moth.
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