Enhance your child's Science classroom learning with our new Animal Tracking Hike! Explore the Sheldon Nature Center while looking for animal tracks and other animal signs. Learn how to identify animal tracks and find out how different animals move.
| Ages | Dates | Days | Time Frame | Code |
| 6 - 9 | 1/27/24 | Saturday | 9:00 - 10:00 AM | 318605OS |
| 10 - 12 | 1/27/24 | Saturday | 10:30 - 11:00 AM | 318620OS |
| 6 - 9 | 2/24/24 | Saturday | 9:00 - 10:00 AM | 318606OS |
| 10 - 12 | 2/24/24 | Saturday | 10:30 - 11:00 AM | 318621OS |
| 6 - 9 | 3/16/24 | Saturday | 9:00 - 10:00 AM | 418601OS |
| 10 - 12 | 3/16/24 | Saturday | 10:300 - 110:00 AM | 418610OS |
Here are the NGSS Science Standards that this hike supports, by Grade:
| Grade | NGSS Standard |
| Kindergarten | K-ESS2-2; ESS3-C - How humans impact animal tracking |
| First Grade | 1-LS3-1 - Observations based on how young and old animals move differently within the wild |
| 2nd Grade |
2-LS4-1 - Plants and animals in different habitats |
| 3rd Grade |
3-LS4-3: LS2.C - Ecosystem dynamics and how changes in the environmen can affect the animals movements |
| 4th Grade | 4-LS1-2: LS1.D - Information and processing through an animal’s brain and how that guides their actions. |
| 5th Grade | 5-LS2-1 - Interdependent relationships in ecosystems |