Animal Tracks Casting Activity Kit - Classroom Edition for Science Education

How are a bird's talons different from a mammal's hooves - and what do those differences reveal about how each animal lives? This Animal Tracks Casting Activity Kit Classroom Edition answers those questions through direct, hands-on investigation. Students cast, finish, and study footprints made by six barnyard animals, building observation skills and scientific reasoning through a process that connects anatomy to behavior in a way that textbooks alone cannot.

Six Animals, Six Stories Told in Tracks

This animal footprint casting kit for students includes high-quality rubber footprint molds of six barnyard animals - turkey, chicken, duck, dog, pig, and goat - along with complete lesson plans for this hands-on project. Each mold produces a full-size cast of the animal's foot or talon, allowing students to examine and compare the structural differences between bird feet and mammal hooves, webbed feet and cloven ones, talons built for gripping and pads built for running. The diversity of form within a single familiar farmyard setting makes this one of the most accessible entry points into comparative zoology available for the classroom.

The Animal Tracks Casting Activity Kit - Built for Discovery

This barnyard animal tracks science activity kit enables teachers and students to create a scientific environment ideal for exploring diversity in the animal kingdom. Hands-on activities and high-quality manipulatives support a wide range of learning objectives - from basic anatomy and adaptation to broader concepts of evolutionary diversity. The complete lesson plans are designed to be delivered without specialized training, making this hands-on zoology classroom kit ideal for elementary and middle school science curricula as well as home education settings. Made in the USA.

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Product Details

• SKU: SK470-3
• Includes: 6 high-quality rubber footprint molds (turkey, chicken, duck, dog, pig, goat) and complete lesson plans
• Weight: Approx. 6 lbs (kit)
• Made in: USA
• Use: Classroom, small group, home education
• Grade level: Elementary through middle school