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Bring Science to Life: Owl Pellet and Starfish Dissection

Help me give my students owl pellets and starfish to dissect so they can have a safe, hands-on experience analyzing the diet of barn owls and the anatomy of echinoderms!

This project expired on May 13, 2024.

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Mr. Fox Nesbit Elementary School
Belmont, CA Grades 3-5

My Project

Owl pellets are masses of bones, teeth, hair, feathers, scales and insect skeletons. They are produced and regurgitated by owls and other raptors which swallow their prey whole or in large pieces. By dissecting the owl pellets students will not only learn about owls, their diet, habitats, and characteristics, they will gain an understanding of the following: predator/prey relationships; the vertebrate endoskeleton; food chains and food webs in the owl's habitat. Students will gain an understanding of the importance of how living things interact with the environment. This project will include a display of the reconstructed skeletons and the food web the owls belong to in an effort to share what the students have learned with the rest of the school. They'll also use what they're learning about line plots in math class to analyze and represent data about frequency and length of bones found inside the pellets. Students will also dissect starfish in order to learn more about their unique anatomy. They'll use scientific tools to carefully record data about the organs they discover.

Dissecting owl pellets will give students the opportunity to discover what small vertebrates make up the owl's diet, study the skeletal remains of the prey, and discuss the importance of owls in the environment.

The owl pellets and starfish specimens you would be donating will allow students to work with other young "biologists" using not only science, but also art, language arts, and math.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

150 students impacted 1 donor
Mr. Fox Nesbit Elementary School Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Belmont, CA View local requests 150 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Pellets Inc Barn Owl Pellets, Large 1.5 to 3 Inches, Pack of 15 - Elementary-Middle School - Kids • School Specialty $64.72 2 $129.44
Carolina's Young Scientist Starfish Dissection Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $10.58 12 $126.96

Materials cost

$256.40

Vendor shipping charges

 $12.94

Sales tax

 $23.46

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.85

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$326.65

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$57.64

Total project goal

$384.29

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $384.29

1 Donor

-$384.29

Donations toward project cost

-$326.65

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$57.64

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