owlquest

Click the owl picture above to view a PowerPoint slideshow about owl pellets!
Use F11 to view the entire page on your screen.

You are walking through the woods one day, and spy a gray oval-shaped fur ball at the base of a tall tree. After picking it up and examining it, you notice white flecks underneath the gray covering.

Congratulations! You have just discovered an owl pellet!

Click these links to find answers to the questions!

Did you know?

The snowy owl has become widely recognized recently as a result of the immense popularity of the Harry Potter books and recent movie, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone . In the series, Harry's pet is a snowy owl named Hedwig. Snowy owls typically spend the year in the far north, feeding on lemmings in the Arctic tundra. Some winters, this food source reaches an extreme low, forcing many of the owls into areas farther south.

What is an owl pellet?

http://www.kidwings.com/

http://www.chias.org/

What is inside the owl pellet?

http://www.kidwings.com/

http://www.chias.org/

How are owl species different?

http://www.kidwings.com/

http://www.owlpages.com/

Where is more information on owl species?

http://www.kidwings.com/

Can I dissect a pellet without actually touching one?

http://www.kidwings.com/

Can I dissect another pellet, please?

http://www.kidwings.com/

http://www.froguts.com/

Click DEMOS and then click on OWL PELLET!

How can I identify the bones found in my pellet?

http://www.kidwings.com/

Where is a guide to a rat or mouse skeleton?

http://www.carolina.com/

What is a food chain?

http://www.wildkids.org.uk/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/

http://www.longman.co.uk/

http://www.explorelearning.com/

What does an owl call sound like?

http://www.owlshill.org/

Where can I watch baby owls with an owl cam?

http://www3.telus.net/

http://www.wdfw.wa.gov

Where can I learn more about food webs?

http://ecokids.earthday.ca/

What is a habitat?

http://www.bbc.co.uk

How does an owl fly?

http://home.mweb.co.za/ro/rowant/

Click on the link and find your way through the different animated scenes. There will be two buttons to push for you to see two different animated series. The most important one is the gold button.

Hint: While you watch the animation, if you right click and then click on Zoom In you can get a close up look at everything including the owl. This will give you a close-up look at how an owl flies. Be sure to notice how the owl follows your cursor. Is that cool or what?

Where can I find more answers to questions about owls?

http://www.sboic.ca/just_for_kids.htm

How can I participate in an owl watch?

http://www.kids-learn.org/owlprowl/index.htm

What about some owl games?

http://www.kids-learn.org/owlprowl/interactive.htm

How can I study owls with an art project?

http://www.dcet.k12.de.us/

TEACHERS:

Where is the lesson plan for my teacher?

http://ucce.ucdavis.edu/

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