What Do Owls Eat?

School:: Immokalee Middle
Subject:: Science
Teacher:: Alyssa Serena
: Beth Sydney, Amy Grant, Michael Anderson, Meshain Holmes
Students Impacted:: 400
Grade:: 7
Date:: August 25, 2020

Investor

Thank you to the following investor for funding this grant.

Women In Naples Giving Support (W.I.N.G.S) - $1,973.72

Impact to My Classroom

# of Students Impacted: 400

Students enjoyed the hands-on activity that allowed them to explore and investigate food webs in a very tangible way. The students were fascinated by all the bones they found in their owl pellet. They acted like REAL scientists! They collected data, graphed data, and made conclusions! This was the perfect activity to keep the learning engaging and fun.

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Original Grant Overview

Goal

The goal of this grant is to provide students with a hands on and engaging way to explore and learn about food chains, food webs, and the digestive system; all of which are state standards we cover in our 7th grade life science class.

What will be done with my students

Students will be able to perform a hands on dissection of a real owl pellet. Students will identify the organisms that the owl ate as prey, collect scientific data, and make scientific conclusions about their findings in class.

Benefits to my students

Hands on learning is beneficial to all students and caters to different levels. For example, hands-on learning better engages both sides of the brain. Listening and analyzing processes occur in the left hemisphere, but visual and spatial processes are handled on the right. By combining multiple styles of learning, the brain forms stronger overall connections and is able to store more relevant information.

Budget Narrative

The budget is for owl pellets for each 7th grade student (approximately 400 students) to do in their science class and class sets of dissection forceps and dissection trays.

Items

#	Item	Cost
1	Jumbo Owl Pellets (for 400 students)	$1,802.00
2	Plastic Forceps (Class Sets)	$69.96
3	Plastic Dissection Trays (Class Sets)	$101.76
	Total:	$1,973.72

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