During a whole week in November, we learned all about owls. We know owls are birds with wings and feathers, and they lay eggs. We learned that most owls are nocturnal and are awake when we are asleep. We also know owls can see better than any other animal on Earth.
We read books about owls and owl families and did projects to create different types of owls.
Here is our owl family from the book, "Owl Babies", which is one of our favorite stories!
One of the interesting things we found out about owls is they have two stomachs! They swallow their dinner whole and then vomit up the indigestible parts in the form of a pellet. We were able to spend some time dissecting a real owl pellet to find the bones of the animals the owl had eaten.
Even though it might sound a little gross, the children found it very fascinating to find tiny bones in the pellet. I am looking very forward to beginning our science lab work with them after the holidays.
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