Brrr! It's cold in here! Arctic and Antarctic

The polar regions are so fun to explore!  There are so many animals to study. My favorites are the Polar Bears and Penguins.  For open house, we made snowflakes hanging overhead with snowy owls.  My students made life size paper versions of themselves in Inuit clothing.  They made dioramas of the Arctic or Antarctic on their desks. 

My class enjoyed learning about the different types of penguins.  

Owl Pellets are the regurgitated remains of what owls eat.  We ordered them online.  Our students were amazed at what they found in their pellets.  Afterwards, they tried piecing the bones back together and guessing what animal the owl ate.  It was kind of smelly but they soon got over the smell

and were scientists on a journey of discovery.