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Science Sunday: Identifying footprints in the mud
A few weeks ago when the kids were playing in the mud we found some footprints, or something odd in the mud.
Which led to the discussion of who could have left that. That’s when I came up with my brilliant idea, which might or might not of ruined one of my plastic bowls. I made a small batch of plaster of paris and poured it over the print.
But, I’d made too much, so I wandered around the yard pouring it into anything that vaguely looked like a footprint. About 10 minutes later, thanks to the Texas heat, they were all dried up.
After much discussion about the different molds we had, we decided one was Mac’s footprint, that mystery was solved. Another was from a child’s tennis shoe, next one solved. A third was the impression from digging in the mud with fingers. The others we could never successfully identify.
Do you ever find unidentified footprints in your yard? Later I found an alphabet animal footprint chart which would have been helpful at the time.
Let’s see what others did this week:
Each week I’m spotlighting a few posts that were shared previously. Many posts get linked up later in the week and they don’t always get as many clicks as they deserve, so I’m trying to spotlight a few posts every week.
I love Homegrown Learners incorporation of music and science into one to make a water xylophone.
All Things Beautiful shared part 3 of their homemade terrarium, I’m storing this away for when we study botany.
My Joy Filled Life shared their homemade rockets to go with their astronomy studies.
Kathy’s Cluttered Mind shared their bug specimen board (no bugs were harmed in the making of it).
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9 responses to “Science Sunday: Identifying footprints in the mud”
Thank you for featuring my terrarium!
I like your project! I don't think we would find anything in our yard, but my MIL's yard is surrounded by woods. Maybe we would find some prints there.
Kelly at Little Wonders' DaysAwesome project with the mud, I will have to try that! Have a great week =)
That is a great idea. Too bad about your bowl.
What a great project! My kids would adore this, but it would take much longer to dry in muggy Massachusetts!
Cool! We don't have enough mud in our backyard for footprints, but I like your idea of making molds.
Hi Ticia, just stopping by to say how delightful your blog is. Thanks so much for sharing. I have recently found your blog and am now following you, and will visit often. Please stop by my blog and perhaps you would like to follow me also. Have a wonderful day. Hugs, Chris
https://chelencarter-retiredandlovingit.blogspot.ca/What a neat idea! We have a ton of animal tracks out here and I bet the boys would LOVE to do this. Thanks for the inspiration. I also like that you highlight some of the other blogs that might have been passed over in the linking. Always nice to see what other homeschoolers are doing!
You're obviously more skilled at making cast of footprints than we are. We tried it with deer and raccoon tracks at the beach this spring and then looked nothing at all like the originals – more splat-like!
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