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Whale Evolution/Fossils
Assignment: Create a google presentation that includes the following:

  1. Brief Explanation of the evolution of whales
  2. Pictures / Artists portrayal of ancestors of whales
  3. Picture of the vestigial hind limb bones of whales
  4. Definition of vestigial structures 
  5.  YouTube Video clip of whale evolution (choose one of the two listed below)
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Homologous Structures - Limbs
Assignment: Create a google presentation that includes the following:

  1. Define Homologous Structures and explain why it is evidence of evolution 
  2. Picture comparing limb bones
  3. Define analogous structures and explain why they are not evidence of a common ancestor
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Vestigial Structures - Appendix
Assignment: Create a google presentation that includes the following:
  1. Definition of vestigial structures 
  2. Explanation of why the appendix is considered vestigial (explain what it was used for in our ancestors)
  3. Picture of the vestigial appendix
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Embryology
Assignment: Create a google presentation that includes the following:

  1. Brief Explanation how embryology shows common ancestry
  2. Picture Comparing Embryos
  3. Embryology Video Clip - See below
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