Whoooo Knows What’s Within?

Today we got to live up to our name, the Grade 5 Barn Owls, by taking apart owl pellets!

We started with a mini-lesson on these myserteous birds and then went to work dissecting pellets. We got rid of the hair and focused on the bones. We have some good detectives (and maybe future paleontologists!) in this class!

Next, we assembled a virtual vole. If you want to try it for yourself, go to: http://kidwings.com/virtual-pellet/

We worked on our endangered species reports and and the next thing we will do in class is to reassemble a skeleton from the owl pellets we dissected!

Mad Science!

Quinzhees

quinzhee or quinzee /ˈkwɪnziː/ is a snow shelter that is made from a large pile of loose snow which is shaped then hollowed. This is in contrast to an igloo, which is built up from blocks of hard snow, and a snow cave, constructed by digging into the snow.

At Morse Hill we had fun in the snow today while learning a skill that could someday save a life!