Wildlife Science

Grade: 3 – 8 (could be adapted for high school)Wildlife Science Toolkit Grade: 3 - 8 (could be adapted for high school) Based on the Purdue “Nature of Teaching” series which was created in Indiana, this kit introduces youth to investigations of animals found in the wild. Included are activities on wildlife tracking, exploration of food webs, and ecosystem dynamics. More activities can be found on Purdue’s Website. This kit is suitable for youth in grades 3 – 8 (could be adapted for high school). All animal skulls and pelts within the toolkit are replicas. Notice: This kit is very large and heavy. Please use caution when lifting and transporting. Items not included in the kit are listed below: Plaster of Paris Sand Owl pellets - these can be purchased from Carolina Biological Supply and other sources. Lessons included in this kit: I. Unit 1 - Animal Diversity and Tracking Animal Tracks Tracks include Maine native species Scent Stations Indoor Track Casting Outdoor Track Casting II. Unit 2 - Mammal Food Webs Be a Tooth Sleuth Skulls include Maine native species Exploration of Food Webs Student Investigations of Food Webs Energy Flow and Food Webs III. Eco-llapse Game IV. Discovering the Watershed Human Impact and Watershed Distribution Game V. Unit 5 - Ashes to Ashes: Succession & Disturbance Wildlife Habitat through Succession Disturbance VI. Healthy Water, Happy Home

Based on the Purdue “Nature of Teaching” series which was created in Indiana, this kit introduces youth to investigations of animals found in the wild. Included are activities on wildlife tracking, exploration of food webs, and ecosystem dynamics. More activities can be found on Purdue’s Website. This kit is suitable for youth in grades 3 – 8 (could be adapted for high school). All animal skulls and pelts within the toolkit are replicas. 

Notice: This kit is very large and heavy. Please use caution when lifting and transporting.

Items not included in the kit are listed below:

  • Plaster of Paris
  • Sand
  • Owl pellets – these can be purchased from Carolina Biological Supply and other sources.

Lessons included in this kit:Image of book: Critters of Maine, book: Peterson's Field Guide to Animal Tracks, and track molds found in the Wildlife toolkit.

I.  Unit 1 – Animal Diversity and Tracking

  • Animal Tracks
    • Tracks include Maine native species
  • Scent Stations
  • Indoor Track Casting
  • Outdoor Track Casting

II. Unit 2 – Mammal Food Webs

  • Be a Tooth Sleuth
    • Skulls include Maine native species
  • Exploration of Food Webs Image of Bobcat skull
  • Student Investigations of Food Webs
  • Energy Flow and Food Webs

III. Eco-llapse Game

IV. Discovering the Watershed

  • Human Impact and Watershed Distribution Game

V.  Unit 5 – Ashes to Ashes:

  • Succession & Disturbance
  • Wildlife Habitat through Succession Disturbance

VI. Healthy Water, Happy Home

 

 

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