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Books/Activities/Information sheets
__ 3 Field Guide to Tracks of North American Wildlife
__ 1 Animal Tracks of the Mid-Atlantic States
__ 14 Track Finder
__ 1 North Woods Animal Scat
__ 1 Mammal Tracks and Sign - A Guide to North American Species
__ 1 The Scoop on Poop!
__ 1 The Encyclopedia of Tracks and Scats - A Comprehensive Guide to the Trackable Animals of the U.S. and Canada
__ 1 Animal Trackers: By Lakes and Rivers: Be an animal detective
__ 1 The Turtle and Tortoise by Edith Hope Fine
__ 1Food Chains and Webs DVD
__ 1 Animal Tracks by Murie

Activity Envelopes
__ Name That Track, Adaptation Adventure, Streamside Critters Animal Lab

Fact Sheet Envelopes
__ 15 White-Tailed Deer Fact Sheets
__ 15 Raccoon Fact Sheets
__ 15 Mallard Fact Sheets
__ 15 Beaver Fact Sheets
__ 15 Minks and Muskrats Fact Sheets
__ 15 Otter Fact Sheets
__ 15 Animal Tracks Fact Sheets

Mussels and Nuts
__ 1 Container of Chewed Up Nuts
__ Several Broken Mussel Shells

Beaver Pelt Tale Box
__ 1 Picture of Europeans
__ 3 Indian Name Sheets
__ 40 Beaver Pages
__ 1 bundle of cinnamon
__ 1 pot
__ 1 gun
__ 1 bag of needles
__ 1 bag of buttons
__ 1 bag of beads
__ 2 necklaces
__ 1 bag of fish hooks
__ 1 lace doily
__ 1 piece of cloth
__ 1 bag of ribbon
__ 1 glass bottle
__ 1 mirror

Not Included In Beaver Pelt Tale Box, But Part Of The Activity
__ Beaver Pelt
__ Beaver Chews
__ Beaver Skull
__ Beaver Scat
__ Beaver Tracks

Rubber Tracks Box
__ 3 Mallard Tracks
__ 3 White-Tailed Deer Tracks
__ 2 Raccoon (Hind Feet) Tracks
__ 2 Raccoon (Front Foot) Tracks
__ 2 Frog (Front Foot) Tracks
__ 3 Frog (Hind Feet) Tracks
__ 2 Snapping Turtle (Front Feet) Tracks
__ 1 Snapping Turtle (Hind Feet) Tracks
__ 2 Great Blue Heron Tracks
__ 2 River Otter (Hind Feet) Tracks
__ 2 River Otter (Front Foot) Track
__ 2 Beaver (Front Foot) Tracks
__ 3 Beaver (Hind Feet) Tracks
__ 2 Muskrat (Front Feet) Tracks
__ 3 Muskrat (Hind Feet) Tracks
__ 2 Mink (Hind Feet) Tracks
__ 2 Mink (Front Feet) Tracks
__ 2 Bald Eagle Tracks
__ 1 Canada Goose Track

Stamp and Stamp Pads Box
__ 1 Field Guide Notebood Example of Tracks
__ Stamp Pads
__ 1 Bear Track Stamp
__ 1 Squirrel Tracks Stamp
__ 1 Cat Tracks Stamp
__ 1 Rabbit Tracks Stamp
__ 1 Frog Tracks Stamp
__ 1 Horse Tracks Stamp
__ 1 Fox Track Stamp
__ 1 Mouse Tracks Stamp
__ 1 Gorilla Track Stamp
__ 1 Dog Track Stamp
__ 1 Raccoon Track Stamp
__ 1 Bird Track Stamp
__ 1 Pig Track Stamp
__ 1 Homo Sapiens Track Stamp
__ 1 White-Tailed Deer Track Stamp
__ 1 Tiger Track Stamp
__ 1 Beaver Track Stamp

Posters
__ 3 yellow animal tracks stamp posters
__ 1 white animal tracks photo poster

Box B

Skulls
__ 1 Duck
__ 1 Bullfrog
__ 1 Raccoon
__ 1 River Otter
__ 1 Cow
__ 1 Domestic Dog
__ 1 Beaver

Pelt
__ 2 Muskrat
__ 1 Beaver
__ 2 Raccoon
__ 1 Deer

Other Items:
__ Beaver Chews

Real Scat
__ Owl Pellets
__ Scats of North American Wildlife

Rubber Scat
__ Raccoon Scat
__ Frog Scat
__ Beaver Scat
__ Deer Scat
__ Muskrat Scat

3 Station Streamside Critters Lab
- Students will observe several different animals' tracks, pelts, and skulls. Based on these observations, students will make inferences about how the various animals live, feed, avoid predators, and carry out other necessary life functions.

Wildlife Signs Matching Game
-This is a matching game in which students pair an animal with the sign that it has left. Signs include tracks, scat, dens, and food.

PA Game Commission Wildlife Notes
 These are a series of one to two page general information and fact sheets produced by the PA Game Commission. They are used to aid students in completing the 3 station animal lab and are also useful for independent projects prepared by students.

Streamside Critters Presenter Information Sheet
 This is a guide intended for use by an instructor who is preparing to teach about signs of streamside critters. Topics discussed include muskrat middens, chewed nuts, scat topics, buck rubs and scrapes, and beaver chews.

Identification Guides
 For use in the in class animal lab and field explorations. Included are various field guides to tracks and a guide to skull identification.

Plaster Tracks
This is a two page instruction sheet on how to make plaster casts of animal tracks. It includes helpful tips for casting in dry soils or in snow.

Streamside Critter Websites

PA Game Commission - Wildlife Notes
Online guide to tracks and tracking