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Article: Sixth-graders take care of owls, and learn in the process: What a hoot!
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- News Herald (Panama City, FL)
- Article date:
- April 29, 2007
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Byline: Donna Vavala
Apr. 29--PANAMA CITY BEACH -- Asixth-grade class at Surfside Middle School gives a hoot about owls. The kids took a tutorial on the nocturnal birds and expanded on it in a big way. They constructed and painted a 2-by-3-foot wooden box they hope will be home to an owl family.
A bucket truck hoisted the box into a pine tree on campus last week to position it so the opening faces some second-floor classrooms. The location was chosen for optimum viewing and maybe filming when owls take up residence.
"It could take six months to two years before owls move in," said teacher Suzanne McDonald, who said a study unit on the nocturnal creature has been ...
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