Lessons below address this concept: Not every feature of an organism is an adaptation, but features often reflect their evolutionary history.
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Lesson Title (Description) Grade Level Lesson Type
Crocs, Then and Now
This lesson has students investigate the geographical distributions, habitats, and other features of modern crocodilians and SuperCroc. Students consider what can be learned about one species by studying the other.
6-8 Classroom activity
Similarities and differences: Understanding homology and analogy
This interactive investigation explains what homologies and analogies are, how to recognize them, and how they evolve.
6-8 Tutorial
 


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