Look and wonder
Notice, Think, Wonder
Study a strange little alien, then sort your ideas into what you notice, what you think and what you wonder.
Thinking sheet · Look and wonder
Footprint Detective
Who left these tracks? Draw tracks you find (or imagine) and figure out who made them.
- Grades
- 1–4
- Time
- about 25 minutes
- Topic
- Look and wonder
- Kids practice
- inference, animal tracks, storytelling from clues
What kids do
“Tracks tell stories. Who walked here, and where were they going?”
- The tracks I found
- Who I think made them
- Clues:
- The story the tracks tell:
How to run it
- Look in mud, snow or sand, or show photos of animal tracks.
- Bird, dog and cat tracks are easy to compare.
- Dinosaur tracks are real too!
Talk about it
- Was the animal walking or running?
- How can you tell the size?
- What would your tracks say about you?
Take it further
Make mystery tracks with paint and toy animals for a partner.
Pairs well with
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