Unit: Endangered Species
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Worksheet 11 - Tracks and Traces |
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Animal Tracks "Be a bush detective!" Animal tracks are found where the ground is sandy, dusty or muddy. Try smoothing the ground at dusk and return in the morning. With a bit of luck you may find some tracks of animals that have been about during the night. Use the pictures as an Animal Track Guide. |
Eastern Grey Kangaroo |
Cat |
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Common Wombat |
Sambar Deer |
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Common
Brushtail Possum |
Short Beaked- Echidna Hindfoot Frontfoot  |
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Emu
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Beetle |
Seagull |
Raven  |
Koala
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Snake |
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Large
Dog or Dingo  About 1.5 metres apart Running |
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| Trackers The early Aboriginals were good trackers. They had to be able to understand animal tracks so they could hunt their food. |
In their rock paintings they used to tell stories by drawing pictures of different tracks! The picture below shows a dingo chasing an emu. |
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| Here is another picture of animal tracks. Use the Animal Track Guide to discover the 5 animals below. |
Make up a story to
tell what is happening in the picture. |
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Tracking Activity Find some tracks What animal do you thing they belong to? Try to follow them. Where do they go? Draw a picture of the tracks. |
Story Tracks If you're by the beach or there's dusty ground nearby, make your own animal track stories in the soft sand or soil. See if others can work them out. Draw a picture of your best animal track story. |
