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SASK:: Building the skeleton of your sh...

 

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Introduction

SASK:: Building the skeleton of your sh... Getting started

If you've ever watched a nature documentary featuring sharks, you've seen the quintessential shot of a shark breaching the surface of the water, jaws gaping wide with row after threatening row of razor edged teeth to engulf some prey. A white shark (Carchar...

Materials needed

SASK:: Building the skeleton of your sh... Getting started

For this activity, you'll need: The worksheet for this activity (SA01). The following pieces from your kit: The stand base from your kit. This could either be the box itself (for kits with the stand base integrated into the box) or a standalone 3D p...

Preparing the stand

SASK:: Building the skeleton of your sh... Getting started

Before you start building, you'll need to prepare the stand that will hold your shark to free up your hands for building. In your kit, find the stand rod; it's the wooden square dowel rod with a 3D printed "shelf" in the middle. Insert the rod into the stan...

Orientation of the braincase and brain

SASK:: Building the skeleton of your sh... What is the anatomical orientation of t...

One odd thing you may have noticed about sharks is that their skeletal elements are referred to as cartilages rather than bones. This is because over the course of their evolution, sharks have lost nearly all of their bony tissue and, in its place, they've evo...

Mounting your brain and braincase

SASK:: Building the skeleton of your sh... What is the anatomical orientation of t...

To mount your brain and braincase to the stand, you’ll use the round dowel. Find this part in your kit (see the image below). NOT YET COMPLETE - MORE CONTENT TO ADD

Adding the hyomandibular cartilages

SASK:: Building the skeleton of your sh... What are the shark splanchnocranium car...

Adding the upper jaws

SASK:: Building the skeleton of your sh... What are the shark splanchnocranium car...

Adding the lower jaws

SASK:: Building the skeleton of your sh... What are the shark splanchnocranium car...

Adding the hyoid arch

SASK:: Building the skeleton of your sh... What are the shark splanchnocranium car...

Adding the branchial arches

SASK:: Building the skeleton of your sh... What are the shark splanchnocranium car...

How are sharks able to protrude their jaws?

SASK:: Building the skeleton of your sh... How are sharks able to protrude their j...

References cited

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How to use and edit this activity

SASK:: Building the skeleton of your sh... Educator guide

Pedagogical schemas

SASK:: Building the skeleton of your sh... Educator guide

What is the anatomical orientation of the chondrocranium and brain? Learning objective Identify (Bloom’s Level 1 - Remember) the chondrocranium and brain and interpret (Bloom’s Level 2 - Understand) their orientation and position relative to one an...

Answer key

SASK:: Building the skeleton of your sh... Educator guide