Animals: Barn Owls

These sites have information about barn owls, owl pellets, and the children’s book “There’s an Owl in the Shower.” Includes photographs, video, and audio files. There are links to eThemes Resources on spotted owls, food chains, and raptors.

Grades

• 3,
• 4,
• 5,
• 6

Links

• http://www.arkive.org/barn-owl/tyto-alba/
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• Barn Owl Biology

  Find out about how many races of barn owls exist around the world. Learn the owl's description, habitat, diet, breeding, and life span. Includes a map of the specie's distribution.

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• Barn Owl

  Learn quick facts about barn owls.

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• USGS: Barn Owl

  Find out how easy to recognize barn owl. Select links on the left to listen to the owl's call, view a photograph of its egg, and maps of the bird's habitats.

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• Missouri Owls

  Learn about Missouri owls. Go to the Owl Fact Sheet page to find out why owls are nocturnal, how do they hear and hunt, and learn how to build a barn owl nest.

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• The Barn Owl: Tyto Alba

  Read the brief history of barn owls distribution and their dietary requirements. Learn several ways how to build the owl's nest. Includes photographs.

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• 2003 Nestbox Video Barn Owl

  Learn about a family of barn owls and their younglings. Includes photographs of adult birds and five owlets from their first days to adulthood.

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• Endangered Species: Common Barn Owl

  Here is an example how to write a science report based on investigation of why the Common barn owl is endangered species.

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• Enchanted Learning: All about Owls

  This owl-oriented site has owl quizzes for elementary school children. Click on "Owl Quiz" for an age specific quiz about owls and other raptors. Click on "Another Quiz on Owls" at the bottom for a fun word scavenger hunt on owls. NOTE: This site contains Google banner ads.

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• Barn Owl: Photo Gallery

  Click on images to enlarge them. Select the image under the Streaming Real Video Clips subtitle to view a video of two owlets. Includes an audio of the owl's screech.

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• Virtual Owl Pellet Dissection

  This site has an exercise that allows students to dissect an owl pellet online. To get to the exercise, simply click on the link labeled "Barn Owl."

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• Owl Pellet Lesson Plan

  Here is a lesson plan for third-graders. It includes ideas for in class and outdoor activates. Follow links at the bottom of the page for rubrics, an owl unit, and additional ideas for lessons.

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• Owl Pellets

  This 16-page PDF contains a lesson plan on owls and teaches students how and why to study the pellets. Includes description of owl's prey, bone chart, skull identification key, pellet dissection data sheet, and more.

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• Circle of Life: A Lesson Plan

  This lesson plan is designed to help children to grasp the idea of ecosystem and interconnection of various species within the circle of life.

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• The Official Jean Craighead George Website

  This is author Jean Craighead George's official site. Click on "Q&A" and scroll down for information about the book "There's an Owl in the Shower." For tips on writing your own children's story, click on the link "Writing."

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• There's an Owl in the Shower: Book Review

  Read a short book review of "There's an Owl in the Shower" written by a 10-year-old student.

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• Cornell Bird Lab: Nest Cam

  View a live streaming video of barn owls in their nest.

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• Cornell Bird Guide: Barn Owl

  This site has lots of information about barn owls, including pictures, a range map, and an audio recording of its voice.

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• eThemes Resource: Animals: Spotted Owls

  These sites have information about spotted owls and their habitat in old-growth forests. Learn about the controversy between environmental groups wanting to protect the owls and the logging industry that wants to protect jobs. There is a link to an eThemes Resource on barn owls and an eMINTS WebQuest on owls.

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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: Food Chains and Webs

  These sites are about food chains and food webs. Includes examples of webs and chains with animals from various biomes. Learn about consumers, producers, prey, predators, herbivores, omnivores, and carnivores. There is a short animated movie, online games, and suggested classroom activities.

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Education Standards

• AR
  • LS.2.3.1
  • LS.3.6.1
  • LS.3.6.5.a
  • LS.3.6.5.d
  • LS.3.6.5.e
  • LS.4.4.1
• ME
  • E1.a
  • E1.d
  • E2.c
  • E2.d
• MO
  • 1
  • 1.1
  • 1.2
  • 1.4
  • 1.6
  • 1.7
  • 1.8
  • 1.9
  • 2
  • 2.2
  • 2.3
  • 2.6
  • 2.7
  • 3
  • 3.1.D.a
  • 3.1.E.c
  • 3.1.E.d
  • 4
  • 4
  • 4.1.A.a
  • 4.1.A.b
  • 4.3.C.b
  • 4.3.C.d
  • 5
  • 5
  • 6
  • 8
• UT
  • V.1.c
  • V.2.a
  • V.2.b
  • V.2.c
  • V.2.c
  • V.2.d
  • V.2.d
  • V.2.e
  • V.3.b
• 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
  • C.3.3
• DE
  • 1.1.28
  • 1.1.30
  • 1.1.32
  • 6.1.3
  • 6.2.1
  • 6.2.1
  • 6.2.1
  • 7.1.1
  • 8.1.2
• IL
  • 12.4.02
  • 12.4.03
  • 12.4.04
  • 12.4.06
  • 12.4.07
  • 12.4.08
  • 12.4.09
  • 12.4.10
  • 12.4.12

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Created: August 21, 2001 at 09:17 | Updated: April 19, 2012 at 17:17