ANIMAL TRACKS

Here are some ideas for earning the Animal Tracks badge.  Some activities are designed to be done in a patrol or unit, others are designed to be done at home.

Suggestions have been split into ideas for Guides aged under 10 and Guides aged over 10, but feel free to mix and match - as long as it is a challenge for the individual girl!

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Under 10

Learn the types of tracks left by different animals - there are some worksheets to help you here, here and here.

Follow a trail set by someone else that uses basic tracking signs.  Those signs can be found in this document.

Play this online game about endangered species.

Find out what your own 'track' looks like - with your patrol trace everyone's foot on a piece of paper and see if another patrol can match the person with the footprint.

Create a drawing of an imaginary animal.  Think about what sort of tracks it would leave and draw them.

Animal poo can also be helpful when tracking - use playdough to create the poo of different types of animals.  There is some information on this website.

With your unit, play Animal Families (see Games section).

Over 10

Find a sandy or muddy patch with your patrol - take turns drawing an animal track in the sand and have the other girls guess what animal it is.

With your patrol, make up your own tracking signs and use them to set a trail.

Play some stalking games - such as Spotlight or Grab the Keys (see Games section).

Learn the types of tracks left by different animals - there are some worksheets to help you here, here and here.

Visit a local park and see if you can find any tracks of animals or people.  See if you can identify what made the different tracks.

Find out about an endangered animal in Western Australia and be able to explain some things that should be done to help it.  There is some information to help you here.

Make a "Lizard Lounge" - a new habitat for a lizard.  There are instructions halfway down this page.