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Ms. Murphy from Poway, CA is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The Real Life Food Chain

Help me give my students a hands on experience learning by dissecting owl pellets.

  • $408 goal

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My Project

This year, fifth graders learn about interactions in ecosystems and the food chain. They will discover how every plant and animal species is vital for a healthy and balanced ecosystem.

The visuals in our text books are great, but a hands on experience of putting together skeletons that were regurgitated from an owl, creates a very memorable learning experience!

Owl pellet dissection kits will allow students to learn through inquiry about the food chain of a barn owl. Please help provide these curious and bright students equitable access to science materials to enrich their learning about the world around them.

If you're not familiar with owl pellets, these are the undigested parts of an owl's food, such as hair or bones, which are regurgitated (coughed up through the beak). Students will use tools and identification charts to dissect the pellet and determined what the owl has consumed. It is a fascinating experiment that students will never forget!

*Please note, this is an animal friendly activity. Owl pellets are collected from forest floors and no animals are harmed.*

Ms. Murphy Pomerado Elementary School Grades 3-5

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More than a third 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Classroom Owl Pellet Study Set • Carolina Biological Supply Company $95.40 3 $286.20

Materials cost

$286.20

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$26.19

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.29

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$346.68

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$61.18

Total project goal

$407.86

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$407.86

7 Donors

-$397.56

Donations toward project cost

-$346.68

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$50.88

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$10.30

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$0.00

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