Meet Darwin, Anning and Wallace - the evolutionary dream team - and find out the scientific importance of their work and have a go at proving their theories. Play ‘fossil, what if’ to top up your survivor score. Inheritance Detective. Play inheritance detective and identify inherited and environmental characteristics. Score survival points by identifying examples of variation through the creation of your very own dog Top Trumps™ cards. (Exploring, Analysing secondary sources) Find out the cuteness of a boxer, the size of a pug and and the rarity of a stray dog in this edition of Top Trumps - Dogs Reporting and presenting findings from enquiries, including conclusions, causal relationships and explanations of and degree of trust in results, in oral and written forms

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Extreme Survival. Decide which creatures will survive in a range of environments and biomes. Can you score more survival points through your own living thing ‘survivor’ designs? (Exploring, Problem solving, Pattern seeking) i) Recognise that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide information about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago Report and present findings from enquiries, including conclusions, causal relationships and explanations of and degree of trust in results, in oral and written forms such as displays and other presentations. Fossils and Evolutionary Trees. Create a biscuit cladogram and use your evolutionary expertise in the exploration of bird flight and animal cladograms. (Exploring, Problem solving, Pattern seeking, Analysing secondary sources)As the first animal welfare charity to create a Top Trumps game, Dogs Trust is now hoping that this new twist on a timeless classic will make its way into the homes of dog lovers everywhere. Prepare to outsmart your opponents, discover new and exciting facts and duel your way to becoming the Top Trump Explain scientifically how a given creature has evolved in terms of a specific characteristic (Yr5&6)

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ii) Recognise that living things produce offspring of the same kind, but normally offspring vary and are not identical to their parents Note animal & plant adaptations and select advantages or disadvantages of certain characteristics (Yr5) Mutations and Adaptations. Take a look at mutations and how adaptation can prove useful in the real game of survival. Meet the man behind the theory of natural selection and play the variation game. (Exploring, Problem solving, Pattern seeking, Analysing secondary sources) The cards will also be used within our Education Programme which helps to teach the dog owners of the future about responsible dog ownership through free school workshops. We feel that Top Trumps is a great way to help raise awareness of the different types of dogs we care for every day at our rehoming centres. Whilst the dogs included have all come up trumps with a new family to love, there are still many more in our care who would love to find a home.”

i)Recognise that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide information about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago Years 5&6 - Use observed characteristics and simple dominant and recessive genes (Y6) model to’ breed’ dogs Years 5&6 - Explain scientifically how a given creature has evolved in terms of a specific characteristic Play inheritance detective and identify inherited and environmental characteristics. Score survival points by identifying examples of variation through the creation of your very own dog Top Trumps cards. Have you ever wondered how the humble biscuit has evolved over the past 100 years? Well, this is your chance! Create a biscuit cladogram and use your evolutionary expertise in the exploration of bird flight and animal cladograms.

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Play ‘survivor’ to see which creatures will survive in a range of environments and biomes. Can you score more survival points through your own living thing ‘survivor’ designs?

Year 5 - Note animal & plant adaptations and select advantages or disadvantages of certain characteristics i) Recognise that living things produce offspring of the same kind, but normally offspring vary and are not identical to their parents Years 5&6 - Play ‘Extreme Survivor’ to see which creatures and plants survive in given environments i) Recognise that living things produce offspring of the same kind, but normally offspring vary and are not identical to their parents.