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Life, whether in the form of an oak tree, a lion, a paramecium, or a human, is assembled from the same simple components. Great diversity of form is derived from the same set of building blocks. Given a bag of identical building bricks, what diversity of form might eight college students come up with?

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This project is based on an idea in chapter 1 of 'Biology today and tomorrow' by Starr Evers and Starr; 2007; published by Thompson Brooks/Cole