Owl Pellet Dissection Question

I am beginning a unit for my 5th grade talented and gifted students where they will be dissecting an owl pellet and constructing the bones back together and all that good stuff. I don't just want to dive right into the owl pellet as I think it is important for them to gain an understanding of the bird. I was wondering if anyone had any ideas about some introductory lessons or ideas to get them started. I was thinking of breaking them into different categories such as types of owls in Iowa(where we live), parts of the body, what owls eat, the habitat, etc. and having them create a wiki to share their information, but I feel like this is not quite as high level as I want to take them. Any help would be great!

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Permalink Reply by Colette Cassinelli on September 10, 2009 at 3:04pm

Check out: Virtual Owl Dissection http://www.kidwings.com/owlpellets/flash/v4/index.htm

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Blackwell on September 10, 2009 at 5:31pm

What about gathering up all the pictures you can and create a Prezi?

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Permalink Reply by Glen Gilchrist on September 11, 2009 at 6:57am

Hi

As a High School science teacher, I would start off with a discussion faeces and what's in "poo". It's not obvious to learners why things pass out of the body in an undigested form.

Good cross curricular links in a "poo" project.
Glen