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Circle of Life

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Here is a well-designed science lesson that shows learners that everything that organisms do in ecosystems, including running, breathing, burrowing, growing, requires energy. After a thorough discussion of their own eating and drinking...
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Owls and Raptors

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars investigate the predator-prey relationship of owls and raptors. They examine a variety of resources about owls and raptors, develop a list of vocabulary words, dissect owl pellets and identify what owls eat, and play a...
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Identifying Trophic Levels Through the Dissection of Owl Pellets

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover a part of the natural food chain through the dissection of owl pellets. They compare, identify, and record rodent skeletal parts they find in the pellet to skeletal diagrams and try to reconstruct a skeleton from the...