This lesson was designed for a lower ability year 10 class studying the AQA GCSE Combined Science specification.

This lesson covers:

• What is variation?
• What is the difference between continuous and discontinuous variation?
• What are examples of continuous and discontinuous variation?
• Which examples of variation are controlled by genetic or environmental factors?

This is a full 1 hour lesson resource which contains:

• A 5-in-5 retrieval style starter
• A lesson hook
• Direct instruction slides (low cognitive load, dual coding)
• Guided student discussions
• Teacher models
• Frequent checkpoints (quizzes, multiple choice hand signals)
• A Venn diagram with answers
• Written student responses
• Modeled answers
• A student group activity
• A written plenary task