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470·Biology · GCSE

From One Molecule
to a New Species

Inheritance and evolution knowledge mat (PDF)

How a molecule copied base by base ends up changing a whole population — and the evidence that it does. Seven dates across the top, from Linnaeus to the Human Genome Project; DNA and the genome; predicting a cross with a Punnett square; variation, mutation and selection under Gould's finches; the four people a GCSE answer needs; the evidence, from fossils to MRSA, and what changes when humans do the selecting. Twelve terms to define, a model answer on antibiotic resistance, and the misconceptions that cost marks.

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    One landscape A4 page on one topic, led by the figures and photographs rather than the headings. It carries DNA and the genome, a worked Punnett square, variation and selection, the four scientists, and the evidence from fossils to MRSA to genetic engineering — then the vocabulary, a worked exam-style answer and the misconceptions that cost marks.

    Every photograph on the sheet is a real archival or scientific image, not an illustration and not AI-generated; every diagram is drawn in code for the sheet. Each image was checked against its own licence template rather than a label, and the running foot names every creator, states that the images have been cropped and adjusted for print, and links the licence — so the sheet can be photocopied for a class and stay compliant. Every claim is sourced to the DfE subject content, and nothing is reproduced from a past paper, a textbook or a specification.

    Sold by subject: all four biology sheets for one price. A knowledge organiser stores a unit and is revised from afterwards; this is meant to be on the table while the work is happening.

    Written to
    The DfE GCSE subject content for biology (DFE-00351-2014). Every photograph is a sourced archival or scientific image, licensed for reuse and credited on the sheet; every diagram is drawn in code for the sheet
    Intended for
    biology teachers — on the desk during the lesson, not a student revision guide
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    1 page · 9 sections

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    01Seven dates, and the gap that mattersp1
    02Dna, genes and the genomep1
    03Inheritance: predicting a crossp1
    04Variation, mutation and selectionp1
    05Four people a gcse answer needsp1
    06The evidence — and what changes when humans do the selectingp1
    07Glossaryp1
    08Use this matp1
    09Common misconceptionsp1
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