A student dissects an owl pellet
 

Second graders learned about the eating habits of barn owls when they dissected their pellets and found the remains of the food they eat. (See more photos below.)

To get an idea of what the students did and learned, you can try a virtual barn owl pellet dissection.

Barn Owl

A student tries to identify the owl’s habitat from what he knows about the organisms in the owl’s diet.
 

A second grader and a University of Dayton student teacher work together dissecting an owl pellet.
 

Students identify the organisms the owl ate by looking at the skeletal remains in the pellet.