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Anthropology's interest in human evolution, primates, human health and population change overlap extensively with Biology curricula at A-Level.
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Human Evolution Resource Pack
(3.4 Genetic Information, variation and relationships between organisms)
(3.7 Genetics, populations, evolution and ecosystems)
Anthropologists study humanity in all of its diversity and similarity, both past and present, and evolution is a core topic for the discipline. To help support the teaching of evolution, we have created an extended resource pack to accompany and go beyond the AQA A-Level Biology specification. Within the resource pack, there are two core worksheets which contain different sets of varied and challenging questions to challenge students to think across topics within the study of evolution.
The aims of the resource pack are to:
- Consolidate and support classroom-based learning about A-level biology knowledge about evolution.
- Challenge students to apply their knowledge to answer complex questions about human evolution.
- Develop students’ critical thinking skills to think across different topics about the relevance of what they learn.
- Deepen their understanding of broader evolutionary processes.
What does it address?
The worksheets included in this pack are:
- Genetic Diversity and Adaptations in Humans
- Human Evolution- Speciation and Taxonomy
How are the worksheets structured?
Students will face a variety of questions in different formats, including short and long answers, fill-in-the-blank, true/false and multiple-choice questions, sorting, and data and graph analysis. This variety of questions is meant to challenge students to think critically and imaginatively about evolution, consolidate their knowledge and encourage inquiry-based learning throughout.
How do you use it?
Each part of the resource pack has been designed to address specific topics within the study of human evolution as prescribed by the AQA A-Level Biology specification. Each worksheet contains multiple sections with varied and challenging questions. The pack has been designed to allow teachers to select specific sections to use as in-class activities and/or homework tasks.
While sections build on each other, if you would like to select a particular, individual section to address one specific topic (e.g. lactose intolerance), you can. Students can either fill out a worksheet continuously over a series of lessons or they can simply focus on a particular topic and return to the worksheet at another time.
The pack has been designed to give you the most flexibility and challenge your students to think across topics while continuously supporting their learning.
