Owl Pellet Lab Pack: Dissection Worksheets & Answer Key

A complete owl pellet dissection lab for ages 8–14: safety, bone ID, jaw key, record sheets, class diet maths and answers.

What’s inside:

- Welcome page and lab overview

- Safety & getting pellets (sterilised pellets, hygiene, sourcing)

- What is a pellet? (four-step diagram)

- Step-by-step dissection guide

- Bone sorting mat

- Bone ID chart (skulls, jaws, limb bones, pelvis, ribs)

- Jaw & skull ID key: shrew, vole or mouse?

- Pellet record sheet (one per pellet)

- Class diet calculator (turn tallies into percentages)

- Pellet questions parts 1 and 2 (facts, maths and reasoning)

- Answer key

- Credits & licence page

Pages: 14 (including cover and credits). Sizes: A4 (210 × 297 mm) and US Letter (8.5 × 11 in), both included as PDF.

Who it’s for: Ages 8–14 · KS2/KS3 science · home-educators · after-school clubs.

Printing: Print at 100% / actual size on A4 or US Letter. Inside pages use light backgrounds and print well in black and white; covers are dark, so start from page 2 to save ink.

You will need owl pellets (not included). The pack explains how to get sterilised pellets and how to handle them safely.

Every fact is checked against named sources (Barn Owl Trust, BTO, RSPB and others) and listed on the credits page. Images are public domain (John Gould, Audubon/Havell CC0) or REALLYBYTE’s own artwork.

Licence: personal and single-classroom use. You may print as many copies as you need for your own family or your own class, and share it with your class through a password-protected platform. Please don’t resell, re-upload or share it publicly. For school-wide use, please email info@reallybyte.com.

Made by REALLYBYTE, the team behind owls.animals.im. Questions: info@reallybyte.com