Evolution and Inheritance

During this term we will learn the following:

• how animals produce similar offspring
• how offspring vary
• recognise that living things change over time
• recognise that fossils provide information about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago
• identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways
• identify that adaptation may lead to evolution

More details of the learning can be found in the Knowledge Organiser below.

What should I know already? What should I remember from previous years?

In Year 2 - you learned: 

• identify that most living things live in habitats that they are best suited
• describe how different habitats provide for different kinds of animals and plants
• describe how plants and animals depend on each other

In Year 3 - you learned:

• to describe how fossils are formed when things that have lived are trapped in rock​​​​​​​

In Year 4 - you learned:

• to recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living thing

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