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Mrs. Gens from Sarasota, FL is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Investigating Ecosystems: Hands-On Exploration through Owl Pellet Dissection

Help me give my students owl pellet dissection kits so they can identify ecological relationships while reconstructing skeletons of mammal prey.

  • $352 goal

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My Project

For this project, I am asking for owl pellet dissection kits for the classroom as they are an excellent way to engage my curious students in scientific inquiry and enhance their learning experience. This activity not only helps students understand predator-prey relationships but also provides insight into how scientists can determine information about the environment an organism lives in based on its diet.

The goal of this activity is to engage my students in scientific thinking by providing them with hands-on experience in identifying prey species, analyzing food webs, and interpreting ecological relationships.

By dissecting owl pellets, students learn about the importance of scientific inquiry and how scientists use data to draw conclusions. As students analyze the owl pellet contents, they will make inferences about the environment in which the owl lives. Students will act like scientists using evidence from the owl pellets to also draw conclusions about the how the owl impacts its environment through predator/prey relationships.

Students will learn about the different types of prey species that owls consume by identifying the bones and other remains of the prey and using this information to determine what the owl has been eating. This deeper learning of the predator/prey relationship also allows students to map out food webs and have a better understanding of the complex relationships within an ecosystem.

Mrs. Gens Brookside Middle School Grades 6-8

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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

120 students impacted 8donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Owl Pellet Study Classroom Kit • Carolina Biological Supply Company $66.15 4 $264.60

Materials cost

$264.60

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.97

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$298.57

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$52.69

Total project goal

$351.26

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $351.26

1 Donor

-$175.00

Donations toward project cost

-$151.25

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.75

match offer

-$173.32

Match offer toward project cost

-$147.32

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.94

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 $0.00

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