More About This Resource...

• This activity, created to complement the museum's The Horse exhibit, helps students understand how an animal’s foot bones and teeth adapt for different habitats.

  • Students first explore their own teeth and toes to gain an understanding of the function of these body parts.
  • Two downloadable reproducibles and a series of questions then guide students on their exploration of horse hooves and teeth .
  • The activity ends with a classroom discussion about what paleontologists can learn by studying an extinct animal’s bones and teeth.

• Completion Time

  Approximately 1 period

• Topic

  Paleontology

• Subtopic

  Fossil Mammals