Thank you very much for donating to our classroom. The students were very excited to have the opportunity to learn first hand and interact with the various animals we received. We documented and observed the various stages each animal under went and then we learned how to take care of their daily needs until they were released or donated to a farm. With out your generous donations my students would not have had the opportunity to interact with the various animals and learn first hand. We would only had the opportunity to read about these animals and do papers about them. Allowing my students this first hand knowledge helped them to make concrete connections to their learning.”
With gratitude,
Mrs. S.
This classroom project was brought to life by Disney and 4 other donors.
Thank you so much for your generosity. By funding this project, I was able to provide an owl pellet dissecting kit to each of my students. This science lab was so fun. The kids loved digging inside the pellets to determine what the owl ate. One of my students was thrilled to discover 4 skulls in one pellet! While that might not seem like a big deal, you can only imagine the conversation that followed! How could one owl eat 4 animals at a time? Needless to say, the level of learning that took place through this hands-on lab was amazing! It's one thing to read about it or even watch a video, but nothing compares to experiencing science hands-on! Thank you again! I hope I get the opportunity to repeat this activity for many years to come!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Westphal
This classroom project was brought to life by NEA Foundation and 4 other donors.
My students really enjoyed building the carnivore scent stations, learning about animal tracks, and being able to make their own plaster animal track. Many of the students were surprised to learn about what animals were living around our school based on using animal tracks alone. They loved the hands on opportunities and enjoyed learning more about the local ecology in our urban environment.
We first used the animal track books to learn how to identify animals by using their tracks as clues. This was a huge problem solving activity since students soon learned that there are many animals that have similar tracks but used the process of elimination and measured the tracks to better identify the suspect animal. We then went outside to build a carnivore scent station. To do so we exposed earth and dug a small hole and filled it with a scent, beaver castor, to attract animals. We then placed loosely sifted dirt on top in hopes of obtaining a better print sample. We then came back to the site to investigate what creatures had visited our scent station. The students were really excited when they found that a coyote, deer, and other small mammals had checked out our bait.
Overall, my students were able to learn more about our native wildlife and strengthen their appreciation for ecology. They were exhilarated to be able to take home their own animal print that they made too. Thank you so much for your contribution to enhance the learning of my students in an urban environment.”
With gratitude,
Ms. Bakker
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