Getting gory on Halloween!

As part of our Cells and Systems unit my students had the gruesome opportunity to dissect pig hearts and a tongue.  I seriously love their faces.  As much as they thought it was gross they were also fascinated.

Owl Pellets

Today the grade 7s are doing an owl pellet dissection.  An owl pellet is basically owl vomit full of the fur and bones of it's prey.  It sounds gross but the pellets are serialized and are like a combination of little archaeology digs and a treasure hunt all wrapped up in to one!  We are studying them to understand their role in the food chain, niche, ecology and more.

Teachers - Click HERE to download my Google Docs folder complete with photos, videos, and lab worksheets (English and French - both go with the Science Focus 7 text book but you can edit them to make them your own).

To learn more check out these videos

Owl pellet song - awesome

Here are some of the class photos

Owl labs are done!

We are finally down the owl pellet labs and they are AWESOME!! Good work everyone!
                                   
                

Owl Pellet

Today the grade 7s did an owl pellet dissection to teach them about the food chain and an early peek at some bone anatomy.  See this Youtube video for more information.  Keep posted for more pictures of the finished results.  
THE OWL PELLETS ARE ALL STERILE SO PLEASE DON'T WORRY!!!  It isn't as gross as it sounds.  VERY COOL actually!!

The owl pellets before

The owl pellets being dissected

Now to glue them in place

Some of the bones sorted out