Learn how an owl’s unique physical adaptations allow it to be a successful night-time hunter. Practice inquiry skills by dissecting owl pellets to determine their diet. Hike through owl territory to observe their habitat.
Take a walk through owl territory, where classes will discover the features of a forest and field habitat that fulfill an owl’s needs for survival, and its role within the food web.
Owls are sometimes heard among the trees. Students will learn about vocal communications and have an opportunity to listen to, and practice calling owls.
Students will also have an opportunity to practice scientific methods of investigation by dissecting and examining sterilized owl pellets and matching bone remnants to bone charts, to determine the owl’s diet.
Half Day | All Year
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Curriculum Connections:
• Science and Technology
• Life Systems – Grade 4: Habitats and Communities