Tracks!
Spring is here! Birds are singing in the trees, buds are opening and the air is warming. It is a perfect time to get outside and explore your world! Take a walk through your yard, your neighborhood or your local park and look for signs of wildlife activity. Use Project WILD’s “Tracks!” to learn about different signs of wildlife activity such as tracks, scat (droppings), nests, burrows and food litter. We can learn a lot about animals by the evidence that they leave behind. We can learn what they eat, where they live, how they walk, run or slide and how many of them are in the area. So tie on a pair of boots and get exploring--there are animals to discover!
Book List
Grades PreK-2
Arnosky, J. 2002. Field Trips: Bug Hunting, Animal Tracking, Bird-watching, Shore Walking. Harper Collins Publishers.
Arnosky, J. 2008. Wild Tracks!: A Guide to Nature’s Footprints. Sterling Publishing.
Bowen, B. 1998. Tracks in the Wild. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Nail, J. D. and H. Skudder. 1994. Whose Tracks Are These?: A Clue Book of Familiar Forest Animals. Rinehart Press.
Selsam, M. E. and M. H. Donnelly. 1999. Big Tracks, Little Tracks: Following Animal Prints. Harper Collins Publishers.
SwinBurne, S. and S. C. Morse. 2003. The Woods Scientist. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Yee, W. H. 2007. Tracks in the Snow. Square Fish.
Grades 3-5
Arnosky, J. 2002. Field Trips: Bug Hunting, Animal Tracking, Bird-watching, Shore Walking. Harper Collins Publishers.
Arnosky, J. 2008. Wild Tracks!: A Guide to Nature’s Footprints. Sterling Publishing.
Bowen, B. 1998. Tracks in the Wild. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Nail, J. D. and H. Skudder. 1994. Whose Tracks Are These?: A Clue Book of Familiar Forest Animals. Rinehart Press.
Selsam, M. E. and M. H. Donnelly. 1999. Big Tracks, Little Tracks: Following Animal Prints. Harper Collins Publishers.
Sheldon, I., T. Eder, and T. Hartson. 2000. Animal Tracks of Minnesota and Wisconsin. Lone Pine Publishing USA.
SwinBurne, S. and S. C. Morse. 2003. The Woods Scientist. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Yee, W. H. 2007. Tracks in the Snow. Square Fish.
Grades 6-8
Arnosky, J. 2002. Field Trips: Bug Hunting, Animal Tracking, Bird-watching, Shore Walking. Harper Collins Publishers.
Arnosky, J. 2008. Wild Tracks!: A Guide to Nature’s Footprints. Sterling Publishing.
Bang, P., P. Dahlstrom, and R. Mears. 2006. Animal Tracks and Signs. Oxford University Press.
Bowen, B. 1998. Tracks in the Wild. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Dendy, L. A., and L. Garrow. 1998. Tracks, Scats and Signs. 1998.
Grossenheider, R. P., O. J. Murie, and R. T. Peterson. 1996. Animal Tracks. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Nail, J. D. and H. Skudder. 1994. Whose Tracks Are These?: A Clue Book of Familiar Forest Animals. Rinehart Press.
Selsam, M. E. and M. H. Donnelly. 1999. Big Tracks, Little Tracks: Following Animal Prints. Harper Collins Publishers.
Sheldon, I., T. Eder, and T. Hartson. 2000. Animal Tracks of Minnesota and Wisconsin. Lone Pine Publishing USA.
SwinBurne, S. and S. C. Morse. 2003. The Woods Scientist. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Young, J. and T. Morgan. 2007. Animal Tracking Basics. Stackpole Books.
Grades 9-12
Bang, P., P. Dahlstrom, and R. Mears. 2006. Animal Tracks and Signs. Oxford University Press.
Brown, T., H. Bolyn, and B. Morgan. 1986. Tom Brown’s Field Guide to Nature Observation and Tracking. Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated.
Dendy, L. A., and L. Garrow. 1998. Tracks, Scats and Signs. 1998.
Grossenheider, R. P., O. J. Murie, and R. T. Peterson. 1996. Animal Tracks. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Halfpenny, J. C. and T. Telander. 2006. Scats and Tracks of the Great Lakes: A Field Guide to the Signs of Seventy Wildlife Species. Falcon Press Publishing.
Halfpenny, J. C., and T. Telander. 2008. Scats & Tracks of North America. Globe Pequot Press.
Halfpenny, J. C., J. Bruchac, and T. Telander. 2006. Scats and Tracks of the Great Plains: A Field Guide to the Signs of Seventy Wildlife Species. Falcon Press Publishing.
Halfpenny, J. C., J. Bruchac, and T. Telander. 2006. Scats and Tracks of the Midwest: A Field Guide to the Signs of Seventy Wildlife Species. Falcon Press Publishing.
Johnson, J. and J. A. Burton. 2008. Animal Tracks and Signs: Over 400 Animals from Big Cats to Backyard Birds. National Geographic Society.
Leung, R. 2001. Animal Tracks. Waterford Press Ltd.
Peterson, R. T., M. Elbroch and O. J. Murie. 2005. Peterson Field Guide to Animal Tracks. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Rezendes, P. 1999. Tracking and the Art of Seeing: How to Read Animal Tracks and Sign. Harper Collins Publishers.
Stokes, D. and L. Q. Stokes. 1987. Guide to Animal Tracking and Behavior, Vol.1 . Little, Brown & Company.
Young, J. and T. Morgan. 2007. Animal Tracking Basics. Stackpole Books.
