Let's investigate farmyard footprints

There are always plenty of animals to see down on the farm, but sometimes you need to follow their footprints to find them. Each double-sided stone has the raised footprint of an animal on one side and an image of the animal indented into the other side.

Press the footprint into sand, mud or soil and create a trail fo children to follow. What animal might they find at the end: cow, horse, sheep, pg, dog, cat, chicken, or duck? When they find the animals, how might they sort them? Children can record their findings by taking rubbings, making impressions in play dough and discovering what else they know or can find out about each animal.

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Subject(s)Science
Age4-5, 5-7, 7-11
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Direct URLhttps://www.stem.org.uk/x9c8a

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