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Identifying Trophic Levels Through the Dissection of Owl Pellets Lesson PlanIdentifying Trophic Levels Through the Dissection of Owl Pellets Lesson Plan
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Young scholars 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 parts found in the pellet.

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owl pellets, dissection, owls, food chains, rodents

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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Instructional Strategy
Inquiry-Based Learning
Year
1996

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