Bear Adventure: Fur, Feathers, and Ferns

Bear Adventure: Fur, Feathers, and Ferns

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 1. While hiking or walking for one mile, identify six signs that any animals, birds,

insects, reptiles, or plants are living nearby the place where you choose to hike.

• Texas Wildlife Id Guide (buy the real version is really handy or download to tablet)
• Mammals of Texas on WikipediaTexas wildlife kids area (state)
•  Photos of birds from around Austin 
• Read the end of the URL to get the Bird Name
• Mediterranean Gecko (on houses in our neighbor hood) 
• Green Anole 
• Texas Young Naturalist Guides

2. Name one animal that has become extinct in the last 100 years and one animal

that is currently endangered. Explain what caused their declines.

• Recently extinct animals
• More recent extinct
• Every animal gone extinct for the last 100 years...

Endangered animals with reasons for decline.

• Strangest endangered animals
• 10 cutest endangered animals
• My doc of pre selected bios, some are missing why endangered and extinct, so be prepared to help the answer is loss of habitat, loss of prey species, competition with introduced species, or human hunting/killing... it's some combination of those 

3. Visit one of the following: zoo, wildlife refuge, nature center, aviary, game preserve, local

conservation area, wildlife rescue group, or fish hatchery. Describe what you learned during

your visit.

• Lake Pflugerville is a water and wildlife conservation area
• Your nearby small body of water is probably one too!
• Austin Texas wild life areas(has a where can I hike link on the right),
• Wild Basin Nature preserve (on 360)
• Lost Pines Scout Reserve

4. Observe wildlife from a distance. Describe what you saw.

5. Use a magnifying glass to examine plants more closely. Describe what you saw through the

magnifying glass that you could not see without it.

• Cheap Magnifying glasses (and whistles) at amazon)

6. Learn about composting and how vegetable waste can be turned into fertilizer for plants.

• Composting for kids, on youtube ~6 min

7. Plant a vegetable or herb garden.

• Herb seeds at amazon

Notes: 
1 mile Hike, 
Pfluger lake is a Water (& Fish ?)Conservation area, as is any LCRA body of water), 
make endangered and extinct animal handouts.. 
Build a new garden for momma? 
Plant a herb garden , each kid with his own lot, 
Gather and Dry the Herbs and use them to cook a meal? 
Fish Handout, gmae handout, to id Local game.

Required: Magnifying Glasses for each kid, seeds for veggie or herb garden (windowsill herb garden?)