Category Dogfish skull kit guides

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.

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.

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.

Compare and classify the shark cranial nerves and explain the functional evolution of some of the cranial nerves in vertebrates more broadly.

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.

A single PDF of all the activity modules for the dogfish shark skull kit, including all student guides, student notebooks, and educator guides.

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.