Inquiry lesson reflection

For my inquiry-based lesson this week, I worked with a small group of students in doing an owl pellet dissection. The students appeared very engaged as they attempted to find out what the owl pellet was (I didn't tell them prior to starting, only that they knew a little something about the animal that created it). We had a lot of discussions about what the object was based on what they found inside the owl pellet. Once I told them what it was, we spent time looking at what type of prey the owls ate based on the type of skulls found inside the pellet and the role of Barn Owls in an ecosystem.