What kind of animal made those tracks? Explore some wild vocabulary in context as learners listen to Arthur Dorros' book, Animal Tracks. Before your read this, introduce the new words like bother, dam, reed,...

A fossil is worth a thousand words! Individuals craft their own amber fossil of an insect in addition to molds and casts of seashells. A third activity takes the lesson a notch higher: Learners measure stride lengths between tracks and...

An interesting way of looking at footprints and tracks. Pupils step into a tray of water, and make footprints of various kinds on butcher paper. They tip toe, run, hop, and walk. Then, they take a close look at the differences between...

The earth sciences are the focus for this Jeopardy-style review game. Categories include geology, space, scientific investigation, meteorology, and oceanography. Diagrams and pictures are involved with most of the questions, making this...

Students cast animal tracks on a field trip. They split up to capture tracks from different areas and use plaster of Paris to mold to the footprint. They bring casts back to class, create a negative mold and paint it black.

In this identifying animal track worksheet, students look at the pictures of the animals and connect the animals with its tracks.

In this animal tracks learning exercise, students look at the pictures of the animals, then match the five carnivores to the correct track pattern.

For this science worksheet, young scholars fill in the circles next to pictures of 11 animals with the number of toes on each animal's foot. Answers are provided on the page.

Students view a video and discuss different kinds of feet found in the animal kingdom. They make prints using paint, rubber stamps and their own feet and then measure and compare the tracks.

For this animal tracks worksheet, students match a set of animal pictures to their tracks, 5 animals total. A reference web site is given for additional activities.

For this animal tracks worksheet, students draw lines to match pictures of animals to their tracks. A reference web site is given for additional activities.

For this animal tracks worksheet, students match pictures of animal tracks that are located at the bottom of the page with the animal pictures at the top of the page. They see a cardinal, a fox, a fawn, and a fox.

Students are given a notebook to investigate various animal tracks. At each station, they have to identify the animal track shown, who is chasing who, and describe what happens. There are 4 stations for them to visit and then fill in...

Eighth graders create a database of animals and birds in the area in which they live. They use molded prints to make a cast of an imprint from a specific animal. They identify and research animals and prepare an outline for an oral...

Eighth graders observe and investigate animal tracks. They draw prints for local animals and switch with another student to guess the animal, identify animal tracks in a nearby wood lot, create plaster casts of the tracks, and write a...