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Owl Pellet Lab Printables

OwlPelletPinLearning about owls is great fun, especially when it comes to learning about food. They will swallow their food whole, bones, fur and all and then later puke up the undigested goodies in small little “owl pellets.”

Materials:

  • Owl Pellet Kit
  • Owl Pellet Lab
    Black Tagboard/Foam Sheet or Cardboard

Suggest Resources for a Unit Study:

OwlPelletOwl pellet dissection is an exciting part of connecting your students to nature.At about $3 per student for all the material and resources, owl pellets make a great selection for bringing cost-effective nature learning into the classroom. Students become consumed by what they discover and the fun begins. Click here to learn more


Art Project Tutorial:

Owl Pellet Lab Book

Print up this free owl pellet lab book before dissection.

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Step 1

Assemble your minibook, you'll need one for each child. Be sure to take a peek inside the booklet as children are asked to make a prediction beforehand.

Step 2

In your kit you should find some owl pellet and more details about the type of owl it came from. You may even have a chart with illustrations

Step 3

Remove your owl pellet from your kit and observe the outside. Draw a picture of it on the corresponding page in your book.

Step 4

Begin to take detailed measurements, following the prompts in your book. Measure how long and how wide, what it feels like, and your thoughts about it.

Step 5

Start separating your bones from the feathers and fur. Keep track of any you find interesting or different.

Step 6

Once you have all your bones, clean your area of any debri, and try to identify the

Step 7

See if you can start to piece together the bones to form an animal. Look at the shapes of the skull and the different bones to take a guess as to what it might be.

Step 8

When you've put together the bones tagboard or foam sheet. different parts with white

Barn Owl Watercolor

BarnOwlPinThis is a great project for kids to explore watercolors, focusing on hue as well as saturation. Children can discus the emotive qualities of the book “The Barn Owl”

Materials:

  • Barn Owl Template & Poem
  • Blue Construction Paper (Large)
  • Watercolor Paint
  • Paintbrush
  • Glue
  • Popsicle Sticks

Suggest Resources for a Unit Study:

owls3   owls1   owls2     owl4


Art Project Tutorial:

Barn Owl Template

Print this template and poetry for each child.

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Step 1

Cut your owl window out and set aside.

Step 2

Talk with children about mixing colors. We're going to make a dark blue and a golden rod yellow. Mix brown with blue, and orange and yellow.

Step 3

Use the dark blue paint to paint a cloudy sky at the top of your construction paper. (We're using large sheets of paper)

Step 4

Use the golden rod color to make wheat. across the bottom to make the wheat "dance" in the wind.

Step 5

Here is what your sheet will look like. Set it aside to dry.

Step 6

Start to paint on your Owl Window template. Using watercolors and a little bit of orange, paint the surrounding area of the barn owls face. face.

Step 7

Then use a bit of red to paint around the barn window.

Step 8

Use some watered down golden rod to paint the inside of the barn. Show children how to use water to change the saturation of the color.

Step 9

Here is how your owl looks now

Step 10

Optional: Use some Popsicle sticks to frame the barn window.

Step 11

You can even paint your sticks red to match the redwood theme

Step 12

Cut out your poem, or make your own and add it to your project. (The printable poem is above in the materials list)

All Done!

You can even use paint on some of the words in the poem!

Cute Baby Owl & Barn Owl Craft

February 26, 2010 By Valerie Mcclintick 1 Comment

Are you sick of owl crafts yet?

Me too. Almost.

Here are a couple more owl books and owl crafts to go along with your Owl Unit Studies.

Baby Owl

baby owl craft for kids

The Barn Owls

barn owl craft for kids


Don’t worry if you’re not learning about owls at the moment.

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