Teacher_Book - General - Draft 23 - 2015

ACTIVITY 11
TRACK EVIDENCE ANALYSIS
So, let me get this right Leon…
These photos can show the students
‘where’ the poachers went, ‘what’ speed
they are moving and ‘when’ they were
PART C: How humans are interacting positively
in the game park?
Yes, that’s right ...
and we need it at
Court.
with this environment
In the last few lessons, you were outside looking for evidence of
poachers in the school vegetation. You found things, you took
photographs but did you know what the evidence was telling you?
Did you calculate where the poacher was heading?
In Africa, it is crucial game rangers are skilled and trained in analysing
tracks and evidence left behind by poachers. Game rangers plan where
they will patrol before heading out and use a Tracking Formation of
FOUR (4) rangers with different roles. Let’s test your analysis ability by
using the photographs 1 - 9 below.
INSTRUCTIONS
Watch the IAPF School Video Blog 12 and 13.
Study each photo below. Each photo shows the IAPF a clue as to ‘where’, ‘what’ and ‘when’ a poacher or poachers passed through and
if they have already poached and how many minutes or hours ahead they are. Write what you think each photo tells you. (TIP: Maybe
the photo shows: direction, speed, size, age, numbers, equipment or weapons carried by the poachers). Look closely at each photo.
PHOTO: 1 Human disturbed stick PHOTO: 2 Human disturbed rock
forward, footprint; soil still bit dark & forward, footprint; soil still bit dark &
moist, not evaporated;