Wednesday, April 30, 2014

The leg bone's connected to the.....

We are studying mammals in science and are on the rodent unit. 
What better way to examine a rodent up close than by dissecting a real owl pellet?! 

It was great fun and slightly disgusting-the makings of a perfect day for a 10-year old boy...


We were able to almost completely recreate a rodent skeleton from our pellet, and had a couple bonus elements thrown in, like an extra skull...


Time to move on to ungulates....(no dissecting this time!)

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