Wildlife Tracking Workshop
Fri, Jan 12
|Irwindale
Dive into the world of wildlife tracking, where art meets science, and participants uncover the hidden stories behind an animal track. Join us for an immersive experience, exploring the art of tracking through handprints, cast rubbings, and a captivating tracking walk.
Time & Location
Jan 12, 2024, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Irwindale, San Gabriel River Trail, Irwindale, CA 91706, USA
About the event
Date: Friday January 12th
Time: 9am-12pm
Location: Irwindale, Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area
Cost: $42 per student
Charter Funds Accepted
Recommended for 5th grade and up. Younger students may join with a parent.
Tracking requires patience, curiosity, quietude and a respect for nature to be successful.
Registrants will also receive a list of recommended reading for a deeper dive, sent in the "Everything You Need to Know" email being sent about one week before the workshop.
Introduction to Tracking Workshop
Join us for a hands-on tracking workshop where you'll uncover the mysteries of wildlife tracking. Discover how to find tracks of local wildlife, identify common species, and gain a basic tracking vocabulary. By the end, you'll see the world beneath your feet in a whole new light.
What to Expect:
- Art Activity: Tracking is an art and a science:Express your creativity by leaving handprints in different substrates. Discuss the artistic side of tracking, exploring lines, shapes, colors, and textures.
- Tracking Walk and Casts: Immerse yourself in a science-based tracking walk. Engage in hands-on fieldwork, sketching and making casts of tracks found in the environment. Mountain lion, black bear, coyote, striped skunk, opossum, raccoon, grey fox, mule deer, ground squirrel, heron/shorebird, frog/lizard). Explore questions about the tracks' location, species, and the area's suitability as a habitat.
- Tracking Vocabulary and More:Learn fundamental tracking terms. Touch briefly on signs of life beyond tracks, including scat, burrows, grazing signs, and use trails.
- Collect and Wrap Track Casts: Wrap up your track cast creations and gather your discoveries.
Goal: Leave with a heightened awareness of wildlife tracks, basic tracking skills, and a deeper connection to the natural world. Don't miss this opportunity to explore the art and science of tracking with us! 🌲🐾
Notes:
Contact us if you would like to join but need financial assistance.
No refunds available.
4th grade and up can be dropped off for this class, or a parent may stay to join.
Class could be rescheduled due to weather.
Maximum 10 participants.
Charte Funds:
For charter funds, please register for the "Student Ticket - Charter Funds".
Checkout using "manual checkout" to bypass payment.
Please immediately submit the order with your charter school to ensure your space is finalized in our class.
If you are using charter funds, the cost of the ticket is $49 for admisitrative purposes.
Tickets
Student Ticket
This ticket includes one parent/guardian ticket at no cost. A parent is only required to attend for students below 4th grade as this class requires patience and observation skills.
From $42.00 to $49.00Sale ended- $42.00+$1.05 service fee
- $49.00+$1.23 service fee
Total
$0.00