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.
Aaron Olsen
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.
All dogfish shark skull kit modules
A single PDF of all the activity modules for the dogfish shark skull kit, including all student guides, student notebooks, and educator guides.
Create your own shark kit activity!
All the activities for our Dogfish Shark Skull Kit are available as a Google doc that you can copy to create and share your own activities.
Our 10 steps to creating 3D printed anatomical models
Physical anatomical models have benefits for teaching and research, from multi-sensory learning to quickly testing physical interactions among parts. In this post, we explain the 10 steps we follow in using 3D printing to create high-resolution models specifically tailored to each client's unique needs.