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Owl Eyesight – STEM Exploration for Kids

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Owl Eyesight - STEM Exploration for Kids - You can build the viewer for you children or have them built it themselves.

Did you know that owls have unique eyes?  They have something called binocular vision. No wonder they have to turn their heads almost completely around to see the world around them. This unique owl eyesight keeps them from seeing well from side to side.

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This week the Virtual Book Club is exploring the book Owl Babies Today’s I am going to share an experiment with you that focuses on owl eyesight.

Constructing Your Owl Eyesight Viewer

Owl Eyesight - STEM Exploration for Kids - You can build the viewer for you children or have them built it themselves.

You may decide that you want to construct one owl eyesight viewer that the whole class can use although you could have your children construct their own eyesight viewer.

Supplies:

  • three paper plates per owl eyesight viewer
  • one long cardboard tube per viewer
  • scissors
  • glue sticks
  • brown and gold paint
  • two plastic forks

Putting Your Owl Eyesight Viewer Together

Cutting Out the Paper Plate Sections

You will start by cutting out the main headpiece by removing the bottom fourth of two of the paper plates. The top fourth will be your use for your viewer.

Then cut eye holes in one of the paper plates. Trace the location of those eye holes onto the second headpiece paper plate.  Next cut out all the eye holes.

You will cute the third paper plate into fourths. Two of the sections will be used to create the eye sections for the viewer. The position of the eye holes in the main headpiece will need to be traced onto them and then cut out.

Owl Eyesight - STEM Exploration for Kids - You can build the viewer for you children or have them built it themselves.

Finally, you will cut a beak and two ears out of one of the remaining paper plate sections.

Painting the Paper Plate Sections

You will use a fork to paint the beak section of the paper plate gold. The remaining sections will be fork painted brown.

Getting the Cardboard Tube ReadyOwl Eyesight - STEM Exploration for Kids - You can build the viewer for you children or have them built it themselves.

The cardboard tube will need to be cut in half. One end of each of the tubes will need to have three or four slits cut into it. These slits will be folded backwards so the tubes can be attached to the plates.

Constructing the Owl Eyesight Viewer

You will start by gluing the eye sections and the beak onto the front of the paper plate.

You will place the long end of the tubes through the eye holes in the unpainted plate. Then you will glue the flaps onto the front of that plate.

Next, you will glue the painted paper plate to the side of the unpainted plate that has the flap section on it.

Owl Eyesight - STEM Exploration for Kids - You can build the viewer for you children or have them built it themselves.
Finally, you will glue on the beak and the eye sections to the painted plate.

Another Owl Mask Option

If you would prefer to have your children decorate an owl mask template, you can download this Free Printable Owl Mask Template.

STEM Exploration

Owl Eyesight - STEM Exploration for Kids - You can build the viewer for you children or have them built it themselves.

Your children can try to look through the tubes to look around. They will notice that they have to turn their heads the same way an owl does to see thing that are not right in front of them.

Owl Eyesight - STEM Exploration for Kids - You can build the viewer for you children or have them built it themselves.

More Owl Activities

Owl Eyesight - STEM Exploration for Kids - You can build the viewer for you children or have them built it themselves.

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Kid Made Ornament – Branch Bracelets

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 Kid Made Ornaments -Branch Bracelets

The idea for branch bracelets came to me as we were decorating our Christmas tree last week.  When we came to a kid made ornament that JDaniel had created himself, he face just lit up. He was so proud of each kid made ornament he had made in preschool or with me at home.  It occurred to me that we hadn’t made any new ornament this year and we really needed to. I remembered creating spider web ornaments last year with him and how much he enjoyed weaving the yarn up and down though Christmas cutouts that had been punched with holes. This year’s kid-made ornament needed to have weaving be a part of it.

When I went to school the next day, the kids were all wearing homemade bracelets. Why not my brain thought make branch bracelets for our tree what incorporate JDaniel’s interest in weaving  through hole punched holes.

When I go home a noticed a small pile of empty paper towel tubes, they were just waiting to be taken out to the recycling bin in the garage. (I take care of sorting through what we recycle and what could be possible craft item.) Sections of an old paper towel tube would make wonderful branch bracelet Christmas tree ornaments I thought.

With the materials and idea decided on I set everything we would need out on the kitchen table for JDaniel to find. He instantly understood that the craft idea was to randomly punch holes into the section of tube and then weave ribbon through it.

 

Kid Made Ornaments -Branch Bracelets

I explained that there wasn’t a right or wrong way to make a branch bracelet ornament, but I did show him the one I made.  He was thrilled about using the hole punch and quickly had holes all over the tubes. It took a little longer to decide to which holes to weave through. Honestly, I don’t think there was a plan.

After Constructing This Kid Made Ornament More Constructing Was Done

After creating two branch bracelets, he declared the remaining tubes sections and ribbon needed to be used to create a sculpture for under the tree. Who knew that we would end up with kid made branch bracelet ornaments and a free form sculpture by the time our crafting time was done.  (To see what the sculpture looks like you will need to visit our Facebook page.)I explained that there wasn’t a right or wrong way to make a branch bracelet ornament, but I did show him the one I made.  He was thrilled about using the hole punch and quickly had holes all over the tubes. It took a little longer to decide to which holes to weave through. Honestly, I don’t think there was a plan.

 
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