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!