Activity Description: Scouts explore animal tracks by using worksheets to learn how different animals move and leave prints.
- Fulfills Step 1 of GSUSA Daisy Animal Observer badge requirements.
Info Needed: Animal are all unique. They have different bodies and features that help them live where they are. There is thick fur for colder environments, or fins and gills for underwater creatures. They make unique sounds, and each leave a unique print where they move, called an animal track.
Items Needed:
- Printout of the worksheet you want
- Animal Track Cards
- Free Animal Track Worksheets on Teachers Pay Teachers from CreativeCOTA LLC
- Buy Animal Track Lesson on Teachers Pay Teachers from Linda Finch
Instructions (Estimated Total Time: 15–25 min):
- Choose and print worksheets (2–5 min)
- Select a worksheet that matches your group’s needs and print enough copies for each scout or small group.
- Look at the tracks (5–10 min)
- Scouts examine the shapes and patterns of each track.
- They talk about what kind of animal might have made each one.
- Match and guess (5–7 min)
- Scouts match tracks to animals using clues from the worksheet.
- They guess where the animal might live and how it moves.
- (Optional) Draw and compare (3–5 min)
- Scouts draw their favorite track and compare it with others.
- They can share what they learned or noticed about the animal.
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