Science Class

You know your a homeschool mom when you get an email that says... Hey want to come over and dissect owl pellets?  And all us moms reply back "YES!" 

What are owl pellets?  Owl Puke!  Looks like a fur ball and the kids job was to dig it apart and see what kind of bones they found.  Then take those bones and see if they could figure out what kind of animal the owl ate.  I know!!  Good stuff!!  The kind of thing that is so much more fun when done with your most favorite homeschool families!!

The pellets were wrapped in tin foil so here is Mallory opening hers very cautiously because she has no idea what to expect.

Then there is my fearless hunter who wears camo every single day of the week.  He thought we were going to actually watch an owl puke out the pellet!  He thought it was gross and didn't really want to go!  Then he thought he would just look and see.

He actually found something!  Some sort of leg bone of a rodent.

I am totally the mom who is screaming, "Grossss!" every time one of the kids makes a discovery.  Then I am right there with my camera capturing the moment.  The other moms were digging in and doing some discovering themselves.  Shall we watch my friend, Jenn, find a skull?  We shall!

Can you see the teeth?!  Yuck!! 

Here are all the kids working away.

Here is the skull that Jenn found. 

I was surprised by my kids that Mallory was more into this then Max.  Mallory wanted all her bones in a baggy to bring home.  Max wanted nothing to do with keeping them.