Museum Kits
ANIMAL DETECTIVE ENCOUNTER KIT
Photos
Activity #1: The Case of the Sensitive Sniffers
30 Clue Cards
6 Mammal pictures: (Cottontail Rabbit, Raccoon, Fox Squirrel, Red Fox,
Pronghorn Antelope, Bobcat)
Film canister with skunk scent
Film canister with red fox scent
Activity #2: The Case of the Curious Clues
Beaver chewed log (oversized)
Antler (oversized)
Owl pellet
Plant galls
Porcupine quills
Snake shed
7 Pictures: (Beaver, Porcupine, White-tailed Deer, Bull Snake,
Barred Owl, Plant gall-outside view, Plant gall inside view)
Nature Scope - Amazing Mammals part 1
(also used in Activities #3 and #4)
Activity #3: The Case of the Tricky Tracks
5 Sets of Project Wild Track Cards - 52 cards per set
5 Wildlife Tracks Booklets
Set of human animal tracks - hands and feet (4 cards)
5 Sets of Plastic animal tracks:
Raccoon tracks (4)
Deer tracks (2)
Striped skunk (4)
Cottontail rabbit tracks (4)
Pheasant (2)
Animal Tracking and Behavior - Stokes Nature Guide
Nature Scope - Amazing Mammals Part 1 (see Activity #2)
Activity #4: The Case of the Talking Skulls
Mink skull
Shrew skull
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel skull
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel study skin
Peripheral Vision activity sheet
Play Dough recipe
3 Animal pictures (Coyote, shrew, and mink)
Nature Scope - Amazing Mammals part 1 (see activity #2)
Beaver skull (oversize)
Coyote skull (oversize)
2 Skull Parts poster boards (oversize)
Mammal Food Habits poster board (oversize)
Activity #5: The Case of the Noisy Neighbors
