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Munching Mice

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Munching Mice

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    1. Munching Mice

    2. The Questions What do owls eat? How do owls catch their food? How do owls eat their food? Owls only seem to come out at night, but what are they doing? Owls must have extraordinary vision and amazing hearing to track their prey.

    3. Important Online Information What Owls Eat What is a Raptor? Diet Barred Owl Why Do Owls Hunt at Night? How Owls Hunt Owl Food and Hunting Behavior of Owls Eating Prey Owl Fact Sheet Use these websites to answer the following questions: What do owls eat? How do owls eat their food? How do owls catch their food? Write all of your answers on the graphic organizer below, please.

    4. The Exploration Please follow these directions: Cut along the dotted lines of this graphic organizer. Using the websites provided, answer the questions on the organizer. When you finish researching the questions, glue the three pieces of the owl together to complete the puzzle.

    6. The Assessment Activity Now its time to go on our Treasure Hunt! So far, you have answered these questions: What do owls eat? How do owls eat their food? How do owls catch their food? Now we are going to take all of the information that we have gathered and studied and put it to good use. Each of you will get three things: Rubber gloves Tweezers Owl Pellet First make sure to put on your gloves. Next, put down a paper towel so you don’t make a mess. Then, as you dissect the owl pellet, try to decide what the owl had eaten, how he caught it, and how he ate it! Make sure to record all of your thoughts and observations in your journal. Be sure to include why you think that this owl ate what it did, what it was that the owl ate and how he managed to swallow all of the bones. You will be graded on your drawings of the things that you found, your broad range of information, your reflections, and of course your spelling and grammar. HAVE FUN!!! When you are finished go to this website to try to figure out which owl belongs to the pellet you dissected.

    7. Enrichment Opportunities Below are some great websites for you to explore when you are done dissecting the owl pellet. Make sure to view the interactive slide show! The following are excellent sites about Owls: INTERACTIVE SLIDESHOW: Go to this website and under Slideshow click the phrase Owl Pellets Owls of the World Explore this site! Movie about Owls Owl Games!!!

    8. Teacher Support Materials Targeted content standards. Life Science CONTENT STANDARD C: After grades K-4, all students should develop an understanding of The characteristics of organisms Organisms have basic needs. For example, animals need air, water, and food; plants require air, water, nutrients, and light. Organisms can survive only in environments in which their needs can be met. The world has many different environments, and distinct environments support the life of different types of organisms. Each plant or animal has different structures that serve different functions in growth, survival, and reproduction. For example, humans have distinct body structures for walking, holding, seeing, and talking. The behavior of individual organisms is influenced by internal cues (such as hunger) and by external cues (such as a change in the environment). Humans and other organisms have senses that help them detect internal and external cues. Ideas for differentiating instruction. Does this WebQuest accommodate the needs of all of your students? Consult the following resources for ideas about differentiating the WebQuest Differentiated Instruction Web Sites Adapt Lessons to Reach All Students Curriculum Compacting Encyclopedia of Educational Technology Enhance Learning with Technology Internet4Classrooms (excellent) Manteno Public Schools Montgomery County (MD) Public Schools St. Mary’s College Universal Design for Learning (CAST) Additional teaching resources Have you identified and briefly described all websites used in the WebQuest? Have you listed all materials, equipment, and technology needed to implement this WebQuest? Some possibilities include: - Student worksheets, graphic organizers, tables, etc, - Class sets of books - email accounts for students - Specific software requirements - Specific hardware requirements - Specific classroom or school library reference materials - Video or audio materials Websites Cited http://www.tooter4kids.com/owls/what_does_an_owl_eat.htm http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/owls_pellets.htm http://www.owlbrandkits.com/ http://www.tooter4kids.com/owls/what_does_an_owl_eat.htm http://www.raptorrecoveryne.org/whatrap.htm http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/StratfordLandingES/Ecology/mpages/barred_owl.htm http://www.discoverymagazine.com/digger/d96dd/d9610ddb.html http://estabrook.lexingtonma.org/NewBirds/Owlshunt.html http://www.owlpages.com/articles.php?section=Owl+Physiology&title=Food http://www.owlpages.com/articles.php?section=Owl+Physiology&title=Behaviour http://www.owlpages.com/image.php?image=articles-Owl+Physiology-Digestion-1 http://www.mdc.mo.gov/nathis/birds/owls/owlfact.htm http://www.msnucleus.org/membership/html/k-6/lc/ntenvn/2/lcne2_5a.html http://www.owlpages.com/owls.php?location=The+World http://www.kidwings.com/index.htm http://kids-learn.org/owlprowl/interactive.htm http://www.owlbrandkits.com/resources/viewer.php Where to buy pellets and kits: http://www.owlbrandkits.com/

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