Document Type
Activities and Labs
Abstract
Observing wildlife can be fun whether you are at one of Iowa’s National Wildlife Refuges, a local park or your own back yard. Make watching wildlife a hobby and you will begin to recognize habits and patterns in the actions of the wildlife around you. You might be able to predict when certain wildlife will come to an area to feed, the sounds a bird makes when attempting to protect its young or what will trigger a rabbit to freeze in place. You’ll also be practicing the skills scientists use to make their observations: comparing and contrasting, measuring, counting and looking for patterns are all skills used by scientists. If you keep wildlife watch notes (use one of the two copy pages provided in this activity), then you’ll be practicing the scientific skill of recording data too! Before long you will be an expert about the wildlife you watch!
Original Date
2008
Copyright
©2008 Iowa Academy of Science. The series classroom journalling activity is available for educational use.
Creative Commons License
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Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Iowa Academy of Science, "Series Activity: Watching Wildlife [Iowa Academy of Science National Wildlife Audio Series]" (2008). Open Educational Resources. 435.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/oermaterials/435