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Students experience, through a "dig," the historical discovery of fossils which increasingly link whales to earlier land-dwelling mammals. They encounter the intermediate forms which show changes that lead to the modern whale.

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making predictions, evolution, the theory of evolution

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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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For Teacher Use
Duration
45 mins
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Project-Based Learning
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