Information on our cat skull model
Information on how we created our cat skull model and the specimen we used to make it.
Aaron Olsen
Digital model of the cartilages of a dogfish shark skull
A basic digital replica of the 3D printed parts in our Dogfish Shark Skull Active Learning Kit.
Sharks spotted in Pittsburgh!
Check out photos from our booth at the JMIH science conference where we exhibited our Dogfish Shark Skull Active Learning Kits.
Painting the bones of your cat skull (FC01)
Identify and paint the bones of a model cat skull while learning about the bones’ functional and developmental groupings, forms, and relationships.
Create your own cat coloring kit activity!
All the activities for our Cat Skull Coloring Kit are available as a Google doc that you can copy to create and share your own activities.
Building the skeleton of your shark skull (SA01)
Identify the skeletal cartilages that make up the cranium and jaws of the spiny dogfish shark and figure out how they fit together by building a 3D model of the skull.
Observing your shark’s braincase and brain (SA02)
Become more familiar with the structure of the braincase and brain of the spiny dogfish shark through observation and gain a better understanding of why they have the shape that they do.
Wiring your shark’s brain (SA03)
Learn the shark cranial nerves by connecting nerves to a brain model of the spiny dogfish shark, tracing their paths out of the braincase, and completing a schematic diagram.
Mapping the functional evolution of cranial nerves (SA04)
Compare and classify the shark cranial nerves and explain the functional evolution of some of the cranial nerves in vertebrates more broadly.
Simulating the motions of your shark’s jaws (SA05)
Identify and attach jaw muscles to the skeleton of your spiny dogfish shark and figure out the actions of each muscle by using your model to simulate the motions of the jaws.