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In this lesson, students are given a variety of materials and are asked to design a heat loss experiment that will result in a reasonable explanation of why whales do not have legs. Students will learn that natural selection favors a body design that is energy efficient.
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Educational standards associated with this resource:
National Science Education Standards (NSES): Read
Pedagogical help
Assessments:
Read (1)
Misconceptions:
Read (2)
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This
site
describes
the
skeleton
of
Tyrannosaurus
rex
at
the
University
of
California
Museum
of
Paleontology
and
includes
active
links
for
more
information.
The
first,
Meet
T.
rex
gives
general
information
about
the
animal.
The
second
link,
Building
T.
rex,
includes
pictures
of
the
actual
construction
of
the
skeleton.
The
third
link
contains
children's
art
depicting
various
dinosaurs.
The
final
link
...
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Choosing & Using this resource...
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National Science Education Standards (NSES): Read
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This
site,
from
the
San
Diego
Natural
History
Museum,
contains
a
group
of
thirteen
classroom
activities,
based
on
the
film
entitled
Ocean
Oasis.
These
science
activities
offer
an
interdisciplinary
approach,
involving
language
arts,
mathematics,
and
history/
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Choosing & Using this resource...
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National Science Education Standards (NSES), National Geography Standards: Read
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