Bones Party!

We celebrated our No Bones About It...Reading is Great incentive program with a Bones Party in the Media Center. We assembled our skeletons, told bone jokes, did the Bony Hokey Pokey, and ate bone cookies. Thank you Mrs. McGinnis for planning this fun celebration for the 3rd grade! If you'd like to see more of our Bones Party, check out the photostory on our classroom website.

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Bone Presentation from Mrs. Triezenberg

Mrs. Triezenberg visited our class to teach us more about bones, how they grow, and how they heal. She is a nurse in the Orthopedic department of the hospital and had a lot to show us, including models of bones and x-rays. We learned a lot from her visit!

Dissecting Owl Pellets

We learned more about the skeletal system of mammals as we dissected owl pellets. Owls eat their prey whole but are unable to digest the bones, fur, teeth, and claws of its dinner. Within 24 hours, the owl regurgitates any material it was not able to digest in the form of a pellet. We dug through owl pellets this afternoon to discover the skeleton of the animal that had been eaten. This activity was optional as it did make a few of us a bit queasy. Look for your student in the picture. A thumbs-up signals "Owl pellets are cool!" A thumbs-down means "Owl pellets are gross!" One up, one down shows that "Owl pellets are cool...and gross."

Check out my classroom website for a Photostory for this cool, but gross, Science Investigation...

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