Key Stage 3 Science Club Activities

Key Stage 3 Science Club Activities

What can you see in a footprint tunnel?

During the February half term break, our Key Stage 3 scientists were set the challenge of creating and setting up a footprint tunnel to see what wildlife they have in their gardens. 

Dillan 7D told us, "I made the footprint tunnel and I used cooked cold turkey and a rotten banana as enticement.  I used blue food colouring on the masking tape. On the second day, I identified cat footprints and that a third of the turkey had gone. There were also other prints, which I am guessing could have been worm, (long continuous lines) slug (thicker lines) and bird (dashes).  The banana was not even touched, which could mean that it is not a very attractive bait. After the fourth day, nothing else had happened, so I stopped recording."

It would be an interesting exercise to try this again later in the year to see if we can identify the footprints of other species and animals.

Dr Thomassen, Science