teacher's program guide - memphis museums · 2020-02-06 · learn five adaptations shared by...
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predatorprey
megalodonhammerhead shark
nurse sharkspiny dogfish shark
adaptationshabitat
cartilagecountershading
dermal denticleslateral line
mermaid's pursebiological diversity
thrivingthreatened
endangered
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9 0 1 . 6 3 6 . 2 3 6 23050 CENTRAL AVE MEMPHIS, TN 38111WWW.MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG
Understand the extraordinary diversity among sharks and their ancient origin.Examine dogfish shark specimens, preserved in alcohol, to identify body parts and their functions. Learn five adaptations shared by all sharks that make them effective ocean predators.
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Program Summary
2.LS1 3.LS1, 3.LS4 L.2.4L.3.1
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Did you know that sharks swam in the Mississippi Valley millions of years ago? Hundreds of speciesthrive in the world's oceans today. In this lab, students inspect fossil shark teeth and explore theirancient history. They examine a shark skeleton, feel rough skin and handle jaws to find out whatmakes sharks the ocean's "perfect predators". They investigate the external and internal anatomy of preserved dogfish shark specimens to learn about other adaptations that fascinate us.
Pink PalaceDiscovery Lab
2-515-32 students
August-MayTuesday-Friday
at 9:30 & 11 am45-60 Minutes
PINK PALACE MUSEUM
Objectives
TENNESSEE
MISSISSIPPI
ARKANSAS
CATHOLIC DIOCESE
SCIENCE
SCIENCE
SCIENCE
SCIENCE
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For Grades
Available
Vocabulary
TEACHER'S PROGRAM GUIDE
This program supports the following curriculum standard(s)
3-LS-14-LS1-1, 4-LS1-2
GRADE 2:GRADE 3:GRADE 4:GRADE 5:
GRADE 2:GRADE 3:GRADE 4:GRADE 5:
GRADE 2:GRADE 3:GRADE 4:GRADE 5:
2.II.63.II.1, 3.II.2, 3.II.3, 3.II.4, 3.II.5
RESERVATIONS : 901.636.2362PINK PALACE MUSEUM 3050 CENTRAL AVE MEMPHIS, TN 38111WWW.MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG
In the galleries70 million years ago, the Mid-South lay beneath an inland sea. Explore the Coon Creek andFransktown Fossil Site Exhibit in the Geology Gallery. Your students can explore fossil remains of a 30-foot mosasaur and hundreds of other plant and animal species excavated during road construction in north MS.
Engage your students with materials from a Sharks Passport. They'll examine shark teeth andjaws, and explore biofact cards of favorite sharks and activities related to teeth and diet. TheFossils Suitcase includes a bucket of Bone Valley Ore to sift through and many other object-based learning activities for grades 3-8. Reserve the Skulls/Predator & Prey Suitcase and yourstudents can examine fish and frog skeletons, snake skulls, animal ex-rays and owl pellets.
Museum Resources
Fun Facts:
L!VELY LEARN!NG FOR ALL!
The shape of the hammerhead's head givesit balance and helps it make sudden, sharpturns. Eyes on opposite sides of its headbroaden its field of vision.
Web ResourcesNational Geographic Kids https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/animals/sea-life/great-white-sharks/Oceana-Sharks, Rays,Spiny Dogfish Sharks https://oceana.org/marine-life/sharks-rays/spiny-dogfishShark Sider https;://www.sharksider.comWorld Wildlife--Sharks https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/shark
For your classroom
Great white sharks eat a lot!! About 11 tons of food in a year. Bycomparison, the average person eats half a ton of food per year.
There are about 440 known species of sharks. The recently discovered six inch American pocketshark lives in the Gulf of Mexico. Two pocketsnear its gills contain fluid which make it glow.
Updated Jan. 2020