Animal Evidence

Today we started our study about the animals that live in our neighborhood. We learned that a scientist who studies animals is called a zoologist. Today we used cartography, statistics, and photography to help us document signs of animals we could find in the Whispering Woods. We looked for tracks, scat, homes, fur/feathers/bones, and other signs that animals live in the woods. We were in groups of 3. One person was in charge of recording the location of our findings on a map. Another person was in charge of keeping track of how many pieces of evidence we found using tally marks on a chart. The last person was in charge of taking photos of the evidence we found. Here is a chart that we made together when we shared our findings at the end of the day.

Group	Findings
Jasper, Aksel, and Joachim	1 track – maybe deer or coyote 10 scat 6 homes – ants 1 set of teeth marks
Taylor, Ashton, and Liam	2 tracks – hare 4 scat – dog, and rabbit 6 homes – ants, mouse chewed bark
Dhvani, Cedar, and Shawn	2 tracks – maybe from deer 5 scat – rabbit 3 homes – ants and mouse
Addison, Abdul Ahad, Lily	3 tracks – rabbits, dogs, maybe deer 2 scat – dog and rabbit 3 homes – mouse chewed bark
Leander, Senna, and Katie	7 scat – rabbits, dogs, 1 fur – rabbit 5 homes – ant, deer, wasp chewed bark
Reid, Aiden, and Josie	1 – dog 2 scat – dog, rabbit, coyote 3 homes – ants, mouse, rabbit broken bark

Have a great weekend!

Our helper on Monday is: Addison.