Kit includes instructions, film canisters, and clue cards. Students must find their scent at five stations, read the attached clues, and determine what Alaskan animal they are. A very active introduction to Alaskan animals. Prepared with the assistance of biologists and educators throughout Alaska, this kit is designed to be used at all grade levels. The kit includes several tracking activities, track stories and the instructions for making your own plaster casts.
Teachers provide the plaster and other materials.
Latex molds include red squirrel, weasel, muskrat, snowshoe rabbit, red fox, porcupine, beaver, coyote, dog, wolverine, timber wolf, caribou, moose, bear, magpie, ptarmigan, mallard, gull, goose and eagle. Most pellets contain 2-4 animals. Students use reading, discussion, writing, math, games and experiments to learn science and social studies. The kit materials are flexible enough to be used in classes of fourth grade up to high school. We had such a response from students to hold and handle the puppets that we decided to make a puppet show for classroom use.