Animal First Responders - Curious Trails Nature Study | Homeschool Curriculum | Unit Study

Join us as we learn about the Animal First Responders that work together with their human partners to keep our communities safe. We'll meet a German Shepherd K-9 Officer who uses his amazing sense of smell for search and rescue. A Navy Dolphin will show us how they use their ecolocation for underwater missions. The remarkable horses in the Mounted Police will lead us through crowd control. Then meet the crisis support and animal therapy team.

Throughout each CURIOUS TRAILS NATURE STUDY you’ll find open-and-go topic study guides and lots of hands-on-activities ranging from S.T.E.M. projects, art invitations, nature journaling, cooking together, and more! This family-style unit is divided into 4 weekly nature lessons with activities that follow and ideas for our younger and older learners. Come together for our unit celebration to study nature poetry while enjoying fun 'Hay Stacks'.

Important: This is a PDF download. No physical product will be mailed to you. Print at home or at your favorite printing store. Activity sheets are best printed single-sided.

What's included in the Curious Trails Animal First Responders Unit Study:

Lesson One: K-9 Officers
•Learn how the K-9 unit of dogs and their partners serve and protect our communities.
•Explore a German Shepherd's anatomy and the olfactory system that gives them their remarkable sense of smell!
•Put your own search and rescue skills to the test using only your nose!
•Discover how police badges are made and create your own design for a new K-9 unit.

Lesson Two: Navy Dolphins
•Learn how navy dolphins serve and protect our communities.
•Explore a Bottlenose Dolphin's amazing sonar skills.
•Put your own echolocation skills to the test in this week's game.
•Talk like a dolphin with your DIY 'monkey lips'!
•Learn about dolphin anatomy.
•Design surveillance equipment for the navy dolphin unit.

Lesson Three: Mounted Police
•Learn how police horses serve and protect our communities.
•Explore a horse's anatomy, how horses move, and the secrets behind their strength and speed.
•Role-play with your new moveable horse puppet.
•Discover how the force of elastic energy propels a horse forward.

Lesson Four: Crisis Support and Therapy Animals
•Learn how crisis support and therapy animals serve our community.
•Discover the science behind why animals can change the way we feel and help us heal.
•Meet some members of the therapy animal team!
•Create your own animal friend to share your worries and feelings with.
•Compare and contrast the roles of service animals and therapy animals.

UNIT CELEBRATION
•Study nature poetry while enjoying fun 'Hay Stacks'.

*Please note, the storybooks and other materials in the product photos are for staging purposes only and are not included with your purchase. If you have any difficulty accessing your Guide file, don't hesitate to contact me and we will figure it out together.

From our family to yours,
Jacqueline