The Genes and Evolution Show KS3

It’s time to get excited about evolution and giddy about genes! Find out how long your DNA is, taste how you genes impact your sesnses, find out about all the amazing jobs your genes do. Discover how different animals are adapted to their environments, and find out what scientists are doing to understand more about genes.

Recommended for:

• Ages – 11 to 14 Year Old’s
• Key Stage – KS3
• School Group – Year 7 to Year 9

Key Learning Points:

• Cells, DNA, chromosomes and genes
• What exactly do genes do?
• How natural selection leads to evolution
• How are different animals adapt to their environments
• Health Research – what are scientists doing to understand more about genes?

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Delivery

Available to book in our Neuron Pod and via Outreach

Neuron Pod

• Duration – 60 minutes
• Maximum group size – 50 people (Inc. adults)

Outreach

• Duration – 60 minutes
• Maximum group size – 70 people

Accessibility Guidance:

This show contains the following materials and stimuli.

• Includes a taste test (PTC strips – a bitter flavour if you have the PTC gene)
• Costumes used for some demos (e.g. lanyards, wigs)

Information for Schools:

Key stage 3 Science curriculum links

Genetics and evolution
Inheritance, chromosomes, DNA and genes

• heredity as the process by which genetic information is transmitted from one generation to the next
• a simple model of chromosomes, genes and DNA in heredity
• differences between species
• the variation between species and between individuals of the same species meaning some organisms compete more successfully, which can drive natural selection
• changes in the environment which may leave individuals within a species, and some entire species, less well adapted to compete successfully and reproduce, which in turn may lead to extinction

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