Shark Dissection Alternative Activity
Write a well-researched, fully documented research paper on Squalus acanthus ,
the dog-fish shark.
****ATTACH THIS RUBRIC TO YOUR PAPER****
DUE DATE: _5/9/07__ SCORE= ____/ 155
Percentage Grade = ___________
____/10 Format Essay, two page minimum, double-spaced, 12 font
____/ 32 Diagrams: External & internal prelab diagrams labeled in class
Data tables: (titled), external structures & functions, internal structures & functions
____/10 Grammar & Spelling Correct English required!!!!
____/80 Content
General Information: classification, relatives, skeleton type, habitat, range, endo- or ectothermic, average size for males & females.
Feeding: pattern, how teeth are arranged in the jaw, # of teeth in one life-time, list of all organs
involved in digestion & their functions
Respiration: how do shark gills function? Function of the spiracle? # of gill slits?
Internal Transport: open or closed system, single or double loop, # of heart chambers
Excretion: what structures balance salt vs. fresh water & remove metabolic waste?
Response: list sense organs & functions, which lobes of the brain are well-developed ? what are
their functions?
Movement: types of muscles, types, locations & functions of fins, how they control buoyancy
Reproduction: Oviparous, viviparous, or ovoviviparous (define the term), age of sexual maturity,
frequency of reproduction, care of young?
____/25 Bibliography: 5 sources minimum, APA or AMA format, (Noodle tools is good), include
information required by the PSD school district guidelines (see FCHS Media
Center website),< for electronic sources: url, title, author, data site was
visited>
*** Everything must be in YOUR OWN WORDS. Any plagiarism = zero on this project