Owl Inquiry Day!

When Kaydence's family heard that we had lots of questions about owl pellets when we had finished the read aloud chapter book, Poppy (see linked blog post here), they offered to get some real owl pellets for us to investigate!

I decided to turn it into a big inquiry day on owls.  Room 408 loves Research Workshop! We started by brainstorming lingering questions we had about owls:

We reviewed all our sources and started our research by studying photos, reading books, or researching on our ipads on PebbleGo and Raz Kids Reading.

After lunch, we got to explore an owl skull in our Discovery area and weighed owl pellets on a balance.

Of course, we always recorded our new learning!

We reviewed all our facts quietly at our tables and gathered together to share some of our cool facts.

We recorded the learning during our sharing using a padlet (to see all facts you may have to scroll to the right).

Finally, the time came that we have all been waiting for:  dissecting owl pellets! We found it morbidly fascinating.

We found lots of cool bones inside, along with a *lot* of fur.

When we found a bone, we used a diagram to help us identify what kind of bone it was and what kind of animal it came from:

Eliza found a hip bone!

We found some pretty interesting stuff!

Kaydence found a caterpillar larva or cocoon.

Morgan found a jaw bone with teeth still in it.

Here is a video of our Owl Inquiry Day!


Thank you for encouraging inquiry, Kaydence & family!