ÒWhoooooo knows about the Spotted Owl?Ó

 

web quest partners:  ___________________

                                    ___________________

here is your quest:  you have been hired by the local raptor center to research a spotted owl named hoot!  what is a raptor you ask?  letÕs enter the web quest and find out!

 

Day 1:  raptor center 7:00 am

 

enter the web site: http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/subjects/birds/printouts/Spottedowlprintout.shtml

 

here you will find some really cool information about spotted owls.  Use the web site to help you answer the following questions.

 

1.  The director of the raptor center has left you a message.  It read ÒWe found a clutch in hootÕs nest.  weÕre very excited about it!  Contact me with information about the clutch.Ó  You scratch your head.  ÒWhat the heck is a clutch?Ó  You race to your information to find out.

 

A clutch is __________________________________________

How many eggs does a female spotted owl lay at one time?

__________________________

If hoot lived out in the wild, where might she have built her nest? _________________________________________

 

5:00 pm:  you run to tell the director what you found.  He replies, Ògreat work!  continue on your quest!!!Ó

 

Day 2:  Raptor center 7:00 am

 

You have reported to the raptor center early in the morning to find a message from the director.  ÒYou need to take care of hoot today.  please feed her.  her food can be found in the refrigerator.  remember, she is an owl in captivity. So, you need to feed her the right food!Ó  you open the refrigerator to find it full with all kinds of different things.  ÒWhat do I feed her?Ó, you think to yourself.

 

enter the web site:   http://www.zoo.org/educate/fact_sheets/spotted_owl/sowl.htm

 

 

What do owls eat in captivity? ________________________________________________

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What do they eat in the wild?   ________________________________________________

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Check out an owl scooping a mouse off the ground.  Go to web site http://www.nps.gov/olym/owl.htm

 

 

You leave hootÕs area to have some lunch yourself.  When you return, you see something really disgusting in hootÕs area.  it is an owl pellet. ÒHow did it get here?Ó you wonder to yourself.

 

To find out, go to web site

http://www.kidwings.com/owlpellets/info/index.htm

 

 

To view an owl casting a pellet, go to web site

http://www.kidwings.com/owlpellets/pelletform/index.htm

 

 

 

Day 2 

 

Carefully, you take the pellet out of the nest and bring it to your lab table to dissect.

 

Go to the web site below to complete your dissection.

http://www.kidwings.com/owlpellets/virtual/vopfinal.htm

 

 

how did the pellet get there and why?   ________________________________________________

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5:00  you leave the raptor center wondering why doesnÕt

my body create pellets?!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 3:  Raptor Center 7:00 am

ÒGood Morning!Ó says the secretary as you enter the raptor center.  ÒThe director has left this important message for you.  Please read it and turn in your assignment before the deadline.Ó  She passes you a large yellow envelope.  You open it and pull out the message.  It reads..... ÒHoot is doing very well under your care.  We are so glad your joined our scientific crew here at the raptor center.  We are going to be releasing her back into the wild very soon.  It is time to get ready for that day.  Here is your next assignment to be completed today.

 

enter the web site:  

http://owlpages.com/species/strix/occidentalis/Default.htm

      

 

       1.  On this web site you will see several photos of owls.  please select 2 of them.  You must  copy and paste the owl photos into an appleworks page.  Remember what you know about cutting and pasting (donÕt forget the arrow).  Make sure your name is on the page and print it.

 

       2.  We need more information about HootÕs natural habitat before we can release her.

 

Go to web site:

http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/northspotowl.html

 

 

Tell me about HootÕs natural habitat. ________________________________________________

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What is hootÕs biggest threat when we release her into the wild?  ________________________________________________

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What is the name of the law that will protect hoot when she returns to the wild?  ____________________________

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5:00 pm  You have finished your work at the raptor center today.  You race the information you have gathered up to the directorÕs office and he says , ÒJob Well Done!Ó  You head home for the  day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 4:  7:30 AM  Raptor Center    

 

release day

As you enter the raptor center you notice there is lots of activity going on: people rushing here and there.  You see the director off in the distance and quickly head over to him to find out what is going on.  He explains that today is HootÕs release day.  ÒYour just in time.  We need your help.  Are you ready?  LetÕs go!Ó You follow the director to his office and he hands you a worksheet detailing HootÕs release.  It says that Hoot is going to be released into an old growth forest in  California.  ÒWhat is an old growth forest?Ó you wonder.

 

enter web site:

http://www.nwoldgrowth.org/overview/whatis.htm

 

 

What is an old growth forest?  ________________________________________________

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You and your scientific team members board a flight to northern California.  You travel to Sierra Cascades National Park and prepare Hoot for her release.  As you release her, she soars without a sound into the air.  She perches on a tree in the old growth forest and you hear her hoot a Good-Bye.

enter web site:

http://www.humboldtredwoods.org/images/SpottedOwlcalls.wav