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How Would Life Adapt to Survive on Another Planet?
Essential Question/Problem:
- Students will be given a space colonization scenario in which they will design the organism that they think will best survive the conditions of their planet.
- Case is designed to be used at the end of a unit on Evolution
- Introduces extremophiles as examples of organisms with unique adaptations to extreme environments on Earth.
- Students will use this information to answer the question:
How would life adapt to survive on another planet?
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