Predator Zones Exhibit Unit Science / Math / Tech Interactive Artifact Graphics A - V Nat'l Standards
WATER Smell like a Shark   1 red bead in 1 mil. White / scent ability   Diagram of head, focus on nose    
  Sense like a Shark   Can you find your meal? / Use magnet to "find" prey   Ampullae of Lorenzini, lateral line Nat. Geo  pho / film touching nose of Gr. White  
  Teeth / skin of  Shark as weapons   Teeth-o-matic Shark skin if available Teeth / jaws fossilized and modern Close up image of "teeth" on skin -denticles    
  Compare/Contrast bony fish with shark   Model -hands -on skeleton w/ cartilage "find your own cartilage" Fish Skeleton Skeleton images Footage of rapid turns of sharks - no bones  
  See like a shark   How much better do sharks see than we? Membrane covering part of Gr. White's eye? What sharks really see v. what we thought    
  Lantern Fish - anglerfish   Dark panel, push button, light lures you in like prey, image of fish appears   Images of various fish of this type Water sounds  
  Using sonar to find prey like an Orca            
  ID an Orca   Flip or slides matching Orca to description given   Images of Orca - painted or photos Whale sounds  
  Puzzling Sharks   Working puzzle and taking apart, sorting pieces by function   Puzzle    
  15 ft. Great White Shark Model     Lifesize sculpture      
  Jellyfish       Mural of jellyfish. squid, lanternfish, etc.    
               
LAND Wolf Charades   Playatcing- spin to choose wolf's mood, use theater model to playact and guess friend's mood Discuss "Big Bad Wolf" conceptions, fairytales. Backdrop of Grandma's House Photo of Anita Mims, wolf. Indians using skins in ceremonies? Wolf calls or kids' music  
  Puzzling cats   Putting pieces together to create cat face   Airbrushed puzzles in shape of cats' faces    
  Claw like a cat   Put hand in glove, making claw come out, retracting when you pull out hand Claw models through time? Cat's claw diagram, how they look at rest and in attack mode    
  What size prey? Math formulas - percentages Figuring what size prey you would go after based on lioness' percentages   Lioness hunting    
CONNECTIONS Making Connections   Interactive to group pred. according to weapons, how they kill, track, sense, etc. Maybe diff. type of teeth      
  What do predators eat?   Carnivore Cafe Interactive units w/ meal deals, you selecting based on what animal you are   Cafe environment with meal selections on boards Animal images blended with visitor in mirrrors  
  Movie predators   No? Could have created your own movie predator on paper or collage Movie posters, books, collectables      
  Protect yourself   Station to create masks to protect ag. tiger attacks Masks, mirrors Photo or artwork of people wearing masks