Winter Scavenger Hunt and Bag Project

The ground was mostly snow-covered today, but not deep, and the temp was in the 40's.  We went outside for a winter scavenger hunt.

We were all one team, and our instructor promised us a "reward" if we found 8 of the 10 things we were searching for:

Winter Scavenger Hunt

____ Deer tracks

____ Tracks from another animal

____ Tree or shrub with berries still on it

____ Evidence of animal feeding

____ Scat

____ A bird calling

____ Hole in the ground where an animal may be wintering

____ Hole in a tree where an animal may be wintering

____ Ice

____ Nest (bird or squirrel)

We started searching along the shrubby, weedy edge of the sports fields where we found dog and deer tracks, deer droppings (scat), ice, birds calling, a bird's nest, shrubs with berries still on them and a largish hole in the ground where an animal might be wintering.  Then we entered the trail in the woods and found a hole in a tree and evidence of animal feeding (neatly clipped weeds in the field - rabbit? and lots of bittersweet berries on the ground).  

So, we found all 10!  Our reward, back at the Science Center was brownies - one to eat there, and one to take home as an extra reward for finding all 10.

We finished our posters to encourage shoppers to use reusable bags.  They were put in grocery stores the next day.  We also wrote thank you notes to Trader Joe's for the bag donations.