junior ranger patch – animal track detectives

Youth Ranger Patch Program
Explore • Learn • Protect!

Visit and Explore our Beautiful Parks! To receive a Junior Ranger Patch, complete the following activities (designed for ages 12 and under with parental supervision).

Objective: Identify common animal tracks

Proof of Completion: Junior Ranger journal entry

Activity:

  • Click the link to become an Animal Track Detective! From Science for Kids.
  • Next get outdoors with your parents and attempt to find any of the common tracks mentioned above tracks. Take pictures, measurements, and notes on key items that you feel help you identify the track.
  • Lastly click the “Can You Identify These Animal Tracks?” and take the Scout Life’s Animal Track Quiz! In your notebook or journal track the date you completed the quiz and what was your best score.