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What's Genetic Diversity?
Lesson4 of 14 in this unit
SecondaryYear 7 - 8ScienceEnvironmentalBiodiversityConservationSustainability
Lesson Summary
Students explore examples of genetic diversity and explain its significance within the larger concept of biodiversity.
Learning intentions
Students will:
- recognise that each individual organism has all of its features, adaptations and internal chemistry coded in its genes.
- link the conservation needs of a species with genetics diversity i.e., for groups of individuals within in a region potentially having different genetics diversity compared to the same species in other regions.
- show how genetic diversity assists survival in a species.
Success criteria
Students can:
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