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Learning with Little House:
All About Owls
In "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder there is a wonderful story involving an owl. Use the following activities to expand that section of the story or for a mini unit on owls.
Did you know there are twelve different species of owls indigenous to North American? There are even more through out the entire world.
What are some of the owls that live in your area?
There are some special traits that owls share:
* The all have facial disks.
* The all have fixed eyes at the front of their heads.
* They look larger that they actually are because the feather are super fluffy.
* They make very little noise when they fly.
Nature Observation: Go out in the woods in the spring or fall when the leaves are of the trees and look for places where owls might nest. Do you see any owl pellets on the ground? If you were an owl, how easy would it be for you to find a nesting place near your home?
Owl Trivia Game: http://www.funtrivia.com/quizdetails.cfm?id=27010
Owl Pellet Science: http://www.eagle-bluff.org/pages/owlpellets.html
Build a Screech-Owl Box: http://midwest.fws.gov/marktwain/kids/crafts/Nestbox/NestBox8.htm
Build a Barred Owl Nest Box: http://midwest.fws.gov/marktwain/kids/crafts/Nestbox/NestBox9.htm
Paper Plate Owl Craft: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/animals/owl/
All About Owls:
Go to Enchanted Learning for several crafts, printables, trivia games, and more!
Fun Facts about Owls
Owl Conservation:
http://www.barnowl.org.uk/
http://www.owls.org/Whatis/pocp.htm
http://www.kamloopswildlife.org/conservation.html
Owl Diet: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/mammal/owlkills.htm
On-line Lessons:
http://www.first-school.ws/activities/shapes/animals/owl_hearts.htm
Little House in the Big Woods:
Make an owl puppet and then use it to tell its story, from the owl's point of view, of "The Story of Pa and the Voice in the Woods".
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