Animals: Spotted Owls

These sites have information about spotted owls and their habitat in old-growth forests. Learn about the controversy between environmental groups that want to protect the owls and the logging industry that wants to protect jobs. There are links to eThemes Resources on raptors and barn owls.

Grades

• 3,
• 4,
• 5,
• 6

Links

• ARKive: Spotted Owl (Strix Occidentalis)

  See 19 photographs of the spotted owl and view two videos. Also includes a fact file. NOTE: Some of the sections in the fact file are incomplete. NOTE: This site includes links to social networking sites.

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• Wildlife Watchers: Endangered Species Report

  Read a student's report about the spotted owl controversy. The reading level may be too difficult for younger students.

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• Spotted Owl Unit

  This site includes lesson plans, rubrics, and samples of HyperStudio Projects.

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• Enchanted Learning: Spotted Owls Printout

  This spotted owl illustration can be printed out for coloring. This page includes information about the owl's anatomy, diet, nest and eggs. NOTE: This site includes banner ads.

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• Defenders of Wildlife: Northern Spotted Owl

  This page lists facts about the spotted owl and includes an illustration.

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• National Geographic: Education: Northern Spotted Owl

  Scroll down to the middle of the page to read background information on the bird. Then, click on the "Questions", "For Further Explanation", or "Vocabulary" tabs for more information on these topics. NOTE: This site links to a blog.

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• Greg Lasley Nature Photography: Spotted Owl

  See photos of the spotted owl.

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• Sierra Club: Species at Risk: Northern Spotted Owl

  Read the Lewis & Clark journal entries about the northern spotted owl.

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• Owling.com: Spotted Owl Biology

  See a map of where spotted owls can be found in North America and learn how these habitats are necessary for spotted owls to live.

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• NPR: Saving the Spotted Owl

  Listen to an NPR podcast from 2004 about the Northern Spotted Owl controversy of the 1990s in the Pacific Northwest. Click on "Listen" or the "play" icon to hear the story.

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• eThemes Resource: Animals: Raptors

  These sites have information about various raptors, including Screech Owls, Great Horned Owls, Red-Tailed Hawks, and Bald Eagles. Many sites contain audio and video clips, plus a Web cam. Includes links to eThemes Resources on barn owls and spotted owls.

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• eThemes Resource: Animals: Barn Owls

  These sites have information about barn owls, owl pellets, and the children's book "There's an Owl in the Shower." There are links to eThemes Resources on spotted owls, food chains, and raptors.

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Education Standards

• AL
  • SCI. ES 11.3.1
  • SCI. ES 11.3.2
  • SCI. ES 11.3.3
  • SCI. ES 11.3.4
  • SCI. ES 12.1.1
  • SCI. ES 12.1.2
  • SCI. ES 12.1.4
  • SCI. ES 7.2.3
  • SCI. ES 7.2.4
  • SCI. ES K.2.3
  • SCI. ES K.2.4
• AR
  • LS.2.3.1
  • LS.2.4.1.b
  • LS.4.4.1
• ME
  • E1.a
  • E1.b
  • E1.d
  • E2.a
  • E2.d
• MO
  • 1.1
  • 1.10
  • 1.2
  • 1.4
  • 1.7
  • 1.8
  • 2.3
  • 3
  • 3
  • 3.1
  • 3.1.D.a
  • 3.1.E.b
  • 3.1.E.d
  • 3.4
  • 3.6
  • 3.7
  • 4
  • 4
  • 4.1.A.b
  • 4.3
  • 4.3.C.b
  • 5
  • 6
  • 8
• UT
  • V.2.a
  • V.2.b
  • V.2.c
  • V.2.c
  • V.2.d
  • V.2.e
• NV
  • L.5.A.1
  • L.5.B.1
  • L.5.C.5
  • L.5.D.1
• OK
  • C.2.1
  • C.2.2
  • C.2.3
• DE
  • 1.1.23
  • 7.2.1
• IL
  • 12.4.02
  • 12.4.04
  • 12.4.07
  • 12.4.08
  • 12.4.09

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Created: October 02, 2002 at 10:35 | Updated: May 18, 2013 at 19:30