Fun at Home - Cardboard Shark Jaws The challenge = use cardboard and glue to recreate these incredible shark jaws from the Museum collection. Display them on your wall or wear them with the addition of a headband or elastic. Time to do and skill level 10 to 30 minutes depending on which version you choose to recreate, easy for the paper plate version and slightly more difficult if you choose the scary version. Equipment You will need: Scissors Pencil Paper plate 24cm in diameter works well Template to draw around - PDF Download Sticky tape Glue stick Instructions Simple shark jaws Let's start with the simplest version to get you going. Step 1 – Check your equipment list and print off the template (unless you want to draw your shark jaws freehand) Step 2 – Cut your paper template and paste it onto the paper plate using a glue stick, make sure you are sticking it to the underside of the paper plate as that will help to give your shark jaws the proper shape. Step 3 – Fold the paper plate in half, now you can begin to cut the centre of the plate out. Step 4 – Cut carefully around the teeth. Now that you are finished you can either display the jaws along with a label on a wall just like the Museum or you could add elastic or a headband and wear your creation. Step 5 – Take a photograph and share with us, we would love to see your Cardboard Shark Jaws on Instagram hashtag #museumofthegreatsouthern or Facebook remembering to tag us. Scary Shark Jaws Now you're ready to push your artistic skills and think about the adaptations of teeth within different species of sharks. Triangular teeth - The template for the simple shark jaw was based on the White Shark which has serrated triangular upper teeth and pointed lower teeth ideal for feeding on prey such as fish, and marine mammals like seals and dolphins. Needle like teeth – present in sharks whose diet includes fish with narrow bodies or cephalopods such as squid. Look at how many teeth are in each row waiting to come forward and replace those that fall out. Dense flattened teeth - suitable for crushing crustaceans, sharks with these types of teeth are often found on the bottom of the ocean floor. How many teeth? – For a more realistic looking shark jaw you should add more than one row or series of teeth. In this picture I added another row of teeth behind the first. Sharks teeth are continually growing almost like a conveyor belt and they lose and replace teeth throughout their life. Why would this be helpful for the shark? This Fun at Home activity is presented by: