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Sharks and Rays: Myth and Reality
(Complete Item Description)
- Abstract:
This gallery of online resources is from the Museum's Seminars on Science, a series of distance-learning courses designed to help educators meet the new national science standards. The Sharks and Rays: Myth and Reality seminar examines six popular myths: Myth 1: Sharks Must Swim Constantly or They Die! Myth 2: Sharks are the Number One Cause of Animal-Related Deaths! Myth 3: All Rays Have Poisonous Stingers!Myth 4: All Sharks Are Like the Great White! Myth 5: Sharks Can Detect a Single Drop of Blood in the Ocean! Myth 6: Sharks Do Not Get Cancer!
- Subject:
- Science and Technology
- Grade Level:
- Post-secondary
- Collection:
- American Museum of Natural History
