Fun Math Game for the Holidays!

I enjoyed playing this myself!

http://www.abcya.com/christmas_lights_holiday_game_for_kids.htm

Christmas Hat Day

Becoming Owl Families

While Mr. Dunnett and Mr. Steeves were here, we also learned how many factors can affect the life span of owls.  We became owl families and had to find food to feed them.  The further away the families were, the harder it was to find enough food.  We also found out that on some of the fields, the farmers had used pesticides on the plants which poisoned the animals the owls were eating.  Seeing these factors showed us that many owls do not survive for these reasons.

Dissecting an Owl Pellet!

We were very happy to have Mr. Dunnett come and help us to dissect an owl pellet in our class.  It was really exciting and informative.  I could not believe what we found! 
After picking through the fur, feathers, and hair, we found almost four entire skeletons!  This means that owl ate four animals that day.  Wow!  We also identified each of the bones that we found.
Thank you also to Mr. Steeves for videotaping our entire session.  I hope to show the students the finished product soon!

Oil Pastel Owls