Whooooo loves tiny bones?

This week we finally took advantage of K's interest in owls (he just finished #10 in the Gaurdians of Ga'hoole series) and L's interest in birds and skeletons.  Owl pellets!

Ours were from American Science and Surplus.  It said two pellets would be in the package, but there was just one.  Oh well, it was a large one, so I broke it in half and each child got to work on half.

It did not take long to start finding bones.

One fairly large skull started to emerge quickly, too.

All in all, we ended up with the remains of three separate skulls and lots of fascinating little bones. 

K had fun using the included pamphlet to identify different bones and the species...we think we had at least two vole skulls, with the third skull too broken to really make an attempt.

In the end Mr. K even wanted to arrange all the bones in a museum-style display.

A few bucks well spent, for sure.  I appear to have whetted their appetite for dissection, however.  Ms. L found page 20 of the Home Science Tools catalog and has asked to dissect a starfish!  Someday, kiddo.  Baby steps.