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Owl Pellets Are Not Waste!

My students need 8 sets of owl pellets and 25 real scientific forceps.

  • $558 goal

This project expired on October 31, 2010.

This project expired on October 31, 2010.

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Mrs. Paisley Lyman Moore Middle School
Portland, ME Grades 6-8

My Students

My 7th grade science classes are working hard to become real scientists. I teach in a diverse socioeconomic school. Our population cannot afford the purchase of the Owl Pellets and 25 science forceps for my science classes.

My students are doing "hands on-minds on" science related activities around life science.

The idea of dissecting an animal's excretion just thrills them! They cannot wait to use forceps to dissect an owl pellet and learn through discovery. The best way to learn and remember is through hands-on activities.

My Project

Barn Owl pellets and scientific forceps are wonderful tools for my 7th grade science classroom. Each student will have their own owl pellet to dissect. Using the forceps will help individuals find skeletal remains of small rodents, plant sections and other nondigestible items. Students will then be able to share and compare their findings. Each individual student will try and recreate a rodent's skeleton from the bones discovered in their owl pellet. Students will have many benefits from these mysterious fur balls such as: learning the concepts of natural history,ecology and predator/prey relationships. Using real science forceps to dissect makes the students learning authentic.

Your help will allow my students to learn through "hands on" discovery.

They will be able to dissect owl pellets using real tools and have a true science experience. They will learn that animal excretion is not all waste!

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

100 students impacted
Mrs. Paisley Lyman Moore Middle School Grades 6-8

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Portland, ME View local requests

More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

100 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
OWL PELLETS REPLACEMENTS PACK OF 15 • Frey Scientific, Inc. $42.95 8 $343.60
FORCEPS MEDIUM POINT STRAIGHT ECONOMY • Frey Scientific, Inc. $1.45 25 $36.25

Materials cost

$379.85

Vendor shipping charges

 $45.58

Sales tax

 $18.99

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.70

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$485.12

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$72.49

Total project goal

$557.61

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