Why Whales Don't Have Legs is a well known activity with high school and middle school marine biology teachers. I do not get credit for creating the project, but I did modify it to fit my population.
You can find the RubiStar rubric for this project at
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=ShowRubric&module=Rubistar&rubric_id=82118
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