Explain this will be used to identify bones. Distribute paper plates. This will be used by the student to separate the pellet into various categories such as all skulls go into one area, all rub bones into another area. Distribute owl pellet. Each pellet can be pulled apart within the group to be shared.
Students take it from here.
Separate carefully so small rib bones aren't broken. Group can combine their categorized parts. Individual categories can be counted and recorded to be shared with the whole class. This can be charted on the board. Ask students to refer to their copy of the human and rodent skeletal system and compare similarities and differences.