Saint Jude first grade science lab an owl-ing good time

First-grade students at St. Jude Elementary had fun using their reading, writing, science and math skills to learn all about owls. They started their study by creating informational text books where they learned about various species of owls, (including the snowy owl and the Pygmy owl). Then they used their senses of sight, smell and touch to explore owl pellets. They used descriptive words to describe how the pellets smelled, felt and looked while drawing and writing in a book they each made to document their findings. They used rulers to measure their pellets and then found other objects in the classroom to measure and compare to the size of their pellet. But their scientific skills didn’t stop there. After they examined, smelled, felt and measured their pellets, they investigated the pellet even further by dissecting it to see if they could make a prediction of what the owl ate. Many children found pieces of bones, claws and even skulls. Based on their findings, many children predicted that their owls may have eaten a mouse, bird or a baby animal.