Checkpoint task Genes, inheritance and selection Instructions and answers for teachers These instructions cover the learner activity section which can be found on page . This Checkpoint Task should be used in conjunction with the KS3–4 Gateway Science Biology A Transition Guide Genes, inheritance and selection, which supports OCR GCSE (9–1) Gateway Science Biology A. When distributing the activity section to the learners either as a printed copy or as a Word file you will need to remove the teacher instructions section. Introduction Learners should work through these questions to assess their prior understanding of the KS3 content. The questions are scaffolded to assist them and of increasing difficulty. This checkpoint task will hopefully separate out the learners that are the ‘just saying right words’ from those that truly understand the concept. As can be seen from the specification there are three assessment objectives being tested. AO1 demonstrating knowledge and understanding, AO2 apply knowledge and understanding and AO3 analysing information and ideas. Simple recall of a scientific fact is not sufficient and so students need to be introduced to the and ‘apply’ ‘analyse’ strands. Teacher preparation Questions in this activity can be asked in the form of a worksheet or a visual display. If using a worksheet the question should be cut and pasted into an appropriate word processing package and printed. Alternatively the questions could be projected by PowerPoint one question per slide. – The answers can also be projected up for peer review/self-marking.
Checkpoint task Genes, inheritance and selection Instructions and answers for teachers These instructions cover the learner activity section which can be found on page . This Checkpoint Task should be used in conjunction with the KS3–4 Gateway Science Biology A Transition Guide Genes, inheritance and selection, which supports OCR GCSE (9–1) Gateway Science Biology A. When distributing the activity section to the learners either as a printed copy or as a Word file you will need to remove the teacher instructions section. Introduction Learners should work through these questions to assess their prior understanding of the KS3 content. The questions are scaffolded to assist them and of increasing difficulty. This checkpoint task will hopefully separate out the learners that are ‘just saying the right words’ from those that truly understand the concept. As can be seen from the specification there are three assessment objectives being tested. AO1 demonstrating knowledge and understanding, AO2 apply knowledge and understanding and AO3 analysing information and ideas. Simple recall of a scientific fact is not sufficient and so students need to be introduced to the ‘apply’ and ‘analyse’ strands. Teacher preparation Questions in this activity can be asked in the form of a worksheet or a visual display. If using a worksheet the question should be cut and pasted into an appropriate word processing package and printed. Alternatively the questions could be projected by PowerPoint – one question per slide. The answers can also be projected up for peer review/self-marking.