Carnegie Museum of Natural History (owls)

Tomorrow we will be having our first virtual field trip to the Carnegie Museum of Natural History to study owls. After downloading the information from the museum, I divided it into smaller sections for kids. Topics included Myths and Legends, and About Owls parts 1 and 2. I have invited the 3rd grade TAG students to share the experience with my 5th grade class. Today, we practiced connecting to another classroom in preparation for the trip. Unfortunately, we had technical difficulties and could not see the classroom on the other end, but we were able to practice procedures. For example, eight students will be asking questions and sharing what we know with the museum. Those kids had the opportunity to practice speaking and rotating into the preset chairs. Kids are excited about tomorrow’s trip. Hopefully, all will go well. As a culminating activity, students will be dissecting owl pellets and graphing results.