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• Why did mammoths become extinct in the first place? • Where did woolly mammoths live and what did they eat? • Would woolly mammoths be able to live on earth today? • What are the closest living relatives to mammoths alive today? • If woolly mammoths were brought back from extinction, where would they live? Science Takeaway Menu Year 6 Summer 1 • How would we identify one another if we were the same? • What if all animals of the same species were identical in size? • What if we weren’t interested in technology or science? • Would we be able to advance? Mystery Task! Think of your own activity to represent our Science question. Mary Anning was an English fossil collector and palaeontologist who became known around the world for important finds she made in marine fossil beds in Dorset. You could either write a biography of Mary Anning or retell the story of how she found her first fossil. This half term our Science question is ‘What if changes didn’t happen over time?’ The topic is ‘Evolution & Inheritance’ With this in mind, this homework takeaway menu has a number of activities that you can complete at home linked to our question. You could select a couple to complete over the half term or make a mini project out of the activities. Make sure you keep a record of any tasks you complete and send some photos of your work to your teachers on Seesaw. Good luck! Mrs Robertson, Miss Evans and Mrs Banks Look at this picture of the finches. What’s the same and what’s different? Why might their beaks be different shapes? How could it help them? You could research Charles Darwin and the studies he did on the finches. Some animals have adapted to their environment by using camouflage. • Can you think of other animals, which use camouflage to survive? • Can you think of other strategies animals use to escape predators? • What would make some better at surviving than others? Why not find out more about the peppered moth or other examples of animals in nature who have had to adapt to changes in their environments or to global warming?
