Year 6 Topic: Inheritance and Evolution This grid provides a variety of activities covering a range of subjects based around our topic of Evolution. Some activities are more open-ended and creative, others are more structured and may have accompanying documents – these are highlighted in red and can be found using the links on the webpage.

Art: Can two different species have a baby? Sometimes two different species can have an offspring – called a hybrid. EG: The baby of a lion and a tiger is called a Liger!Create a hybrid of your own. Draw it, paint it, make it out of card – the choice is yours. Be as creative as you can.

English:Create a fact file describing your Hybrid. What does he eat? Where does it live? What climate does it prefer? Why not trychannelling your inner David Attenborough and record your very own video describing it. Fact file frame attachedWriting example of the ‘Coupard’ attached BELOW Can you guess before you look, what two species have created this hybrid?

Science:Adaptation is the name given to the process in which animals adapt to survive in their environment. Read through the Adaptation PowerPoint attached as a starter then, if you can, use the link below to find out more.https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvhhvcw

Complete the attached activity by matching the animal to its habitat then match its adaptive trait. You will notice there are stars at the bottom of these activities. The more stars the harder the activity.

Science;Classification is a scientific word for sorting. Carl Linnaeusdesigned this idea in the 1700s.Read through Classification PowerPoint attached and complete the activity at the end. Have a go at classifying other items- they don’t all have to be living either! We liked this example using sweets!! You could create one using objects found around your house.

ArtMary Anning is a famous name associated with the discovery of fossils. She grew up in Lyme Regis and made it her life’s work to track down as many as she could. Artists today, enjoy drawing and recreating fossils – Try some for yourself. There are some images attached BELOW to help you with this.You could try making salt dough fossils too. “How to make dino fossils with saltdough’ on You Tube is a good video to help.

https://artprojectsforkids.org/how-to-draw-a-fossil/

DT – Take your picture you drew of Jurassic Park last week and turn it in to a real model. If you don’t have any junk modelling etc lying around – why not just develop you drawing or create a PowerPoint-annotating exactly what’s inside the park.Or alternatively, create a huge Art attack dinosaur out of anything you have lying around!Here is a photo of my neighbours – who gave me the inspiration.

Art :It’s all in the name.Where did your name come from? How was it decided upon? Use this PowerPoint to design your own alphabet and then draw your own graffiti name! Work through the Alphabet PowerPoint attached to get you started. Here’s my one – but you guys can do so much better.

DT:Build a bird feeder and then list the types of birds that come and use it. Continue with your bird spotting from last week’s Science and maybe even start looking out for other species that appear in your garden.

https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/diy-bird-feeder-ideas-4159491

History:Continue your research into the three prominent individuals linked with Evolution.

What do we know about Darwin and his voyage on the HMS Beagle?https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/charles-darwin-most-famous-biologist.htmlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0B6os-6uuc

Mary Anning and her Devon fossil finding?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNOh-85_Dmc

What did Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace talk about when they first met?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBEPLuU6q0E

Science:Print out the Fact and Challenge cards attached and test yourself and your family. How many do you know already?

Science:Got a spare 20 minutes?These activities are quick and easy to complete but are great for making you think a bit more about different areas of Evolution. Quick activities PowerPoint

EnglishComplete the Evolution Word search attached. How quickly can you find all the words? Write a brief line explaining what each word means once you’ve completed it.

Hybrid writing example below

Fossil drawing ideas.