As an incredible extension to our owl unit, the students were able to dissect owl pellets. Owl pellets are the fur and bones that the owl spits out after digestion. The students use tweezers to carefully pull apart the pellets to find out what their owl had eaten. Charts with the bones of rodents, voles, moles, and small birds were handed out as well as a paper showing a full skeleton of a vole. By careful scientific observations, the students matched their bones to find out what type of bone it was and what animal it belonged to. I think we have many budding scientists for our future generation. We were also able to pair the class with Mrs. Scott's class and the students did very well being able to work with students that they may not always see.
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