How can you tell what an owl has eaten? Study the food chain and flow of energy in an ecosystem by dissecting an owl pellet and noting the bones found inside. Additionally, the lesson includes a game about consumers and producers with a list of many animals and plants.

Concepts

owl pellets, dissection, owls, food chains

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Additional Tags

owl pellet, predators and prey, herbivore and carnivore, food chain, science

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Instructional Ideas

• If you don't have access to a class garden or owl pellets, use the game in a lesson about the food chain or ecosystems

Pros

• Comes with lab report worksheets, strips of paper for the classroom game, and a rubric for assessment

Cons

• None