ODS Curriculum - Long Station - Skulls page finished. Transferred with minimal changes from previous animals curriculum site.
This page has fantastic external links! Digital Morphology and the California Academy of Sciences have particularly excellent skulls information. Also lots of links to buy your own skulls.
This page has fantastic external links! Digital Morphology and the California Academy of Sciences have particularly excellent skulls information. Also lots of links to buy your own skulls.
The skulls are very fragile! Please handle them gently and treat them with respect. To avoid damaging the skulls, only place them on the rug or the fleece bag. Open your field notebook to the skulls page.
Look at the skull in front of you. What size is it? What general shape is it? Use your hands to sculpt the air and show what size you think the whole animal is. Compare your skull to your neighbors and make some observations about the similarities and differences.
Nose
Look into the nose of your skull. The more bony surface area there is inside the nose, the better the animal can smell. How does this compare with a human nose?
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Look at the skull in front of you. What size is it? What general shape is it? Use your hands to sculpt the air and show what size you think the whole animal is. Compare your skull to your neighbors and make some observations about the similarities and differences.
Nose
Look into the nose of your skull. The more bony surface area there is inside the nose, the better the animal can smell. How does this compare with a human nose?
Read More...
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