What is the relationship between these animals?

Shapes: Wedge, sharp, flat teethNames: incisors, canines, molars

Human teeth- 3 shapes- wedge, sharp, flat

snip, tear, grind food

What do you notice about the rabbit, beaver, squirrel and

porcupine skulls?

Rabbit skull

Beaver skull

Squirrel skull

Porcupine skull

Look at the cheetah, leopard and leopard seal skulls.

Notice that all the canines & molars are sharp and pointed.

Cheetah skull

Leopard skull

Leopard seal

Look at the grizzly bear, and chimpanzee. They have all 3 tooth

shapes like humans.

Grizzly bear skull

Chimpanzee skull

Review of teeth

• Herbivores: wedge front, no canines, flat molars

• Carnivores: wedge front, sharp canines, sharp molars

• Omnivores: wedge front, sharp canines, flat molars

• Today we will break into small groups to look at some real skulls. Your job will be to determine whether the animal is a herbivore, carnivore or omnivore.

• There are 3 -4 different skulls… •

Activity: Skull identification

Activity quiz after “real” skull id

Quiz after looking at skulls

• Can you identify the skull as herbivore, carnivore or omnivore based on teeth?

• THEY ARE ALL MIXED UP!

Snowshoe hare

Beaver

Lynx

Muskrat

Mink

Timber wolf

Red fox

Moose

Caribou

Mountain goat

Review

• What have you learned today?

• Can you name 3 shapes of teeth?

• Can you name 3 types of teeth?

• Can you tell me which teeth a herbivore has? A carnivore has? An omnivore has?