Snow Tracks

Multiple animal tracks are visible in the fresh, morning snow. There appear to be three sets of tracks that seem to come close to the backyard of a house. The backyard is wooded and full of trees. 

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Des Moines

Iowa Core Standard

2-LS4-1

Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats

Driving Question

  • What could have created the tracks in the snow?

Probing Questions

  • Where do you think these animals might live?
  • What do you know about the plants and animals that live in this habitat?
  • How do you think these plants and animals adapt to this type of environment?

Classroom Suggestions

Students could:

  • Read about different types of habitats. They could find out what types of animals live in a wooded habitat and use what they find out to make claims about what types of animals could have been in this specific area. 
  • Create a Venn Diagram comparing the living things in two different habitats. 
  • Learn about a different habitat and create a poster showing the different living things that they might find in that particular place. They could explain what the habitat is like and why those living things can survive in that particular habitat.

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