Recipients of the Animal Care (Adapted) Digital Badge Credential have demonstrated concept proficiency and completed the following tasks:
Activity One: Rules About Handling Animals
| 1. Gather materials. |
| 2. Read the “Rules for Handling Animals” sheet. |
| 3. Ask your teacher to give you the “Quiz on Handling Animals.” |
| 4. The teacher will read a sentence about working in a pet shop. You will answer yes or no. |
| 5. Your teacher will mark your answers on the quiz. Then he or she will count how many you answered correctly. |
| 6. Your teacher will talk to you about your answers. |
| 7. Put your materials away. |
Activity Two: Putting Animals into Categories
| 1. Gather all materials. |
| 2. Put the Category Cards on the table. |
| 3. Mix the Animal Pictures and place on table. |
| 4. Match the animal on one of the pictures to the correct category. |
| 5. Put the picture on the correct category. |
| 6. Continue until all the pictures are on the correct category. |
| 7. Let your teacher check your work. |
| 8. Put your materials away. |
Activity Three: Where Do Small Animals Live?
| 1. Gather all materials. |
| 2. Put the Animal Sorting Home Cards 1 and Animal Sorting Home Cards 2 on the table. |
| 3. Mix the Animal Pictures and place on table. |
| 4. Match the animal on one of the pictures to the correct home. |
| 5. Put the picture on the correct category. |
| 6. Continue until all the pictures are on the correct home. |
| 7. Let your teacher check your work. |
| 8. Put away your materials. |
Activity Four: What Do Small Animals Eat?
| 1. Gather materials. |
| 2. Put the Food for Pets 1 cards and Food for Pets 2 cards on the table. |
| 3. Mix the animal pictures and place on table. |
| 4. Match the animal on one of the pictures to the correct food. |
| 5. Put the picture on the correct category. |
| 6. Continue until all the pictures are on the correct food. |
| 7. Let your teacher check your work. |
| 8. Put your materials away. |
Activity Five: Finding the Right Fit: Large or Small
| 1. Gather materials. |
| 2. Put the Large Dog Matching card and the Small Dog Matching card on the table. |
| 3. Mix the Large or Small Matching Cards and place on table. |
| 4. Match the item on one of the cards to the large dog or small dog. |
| 5. Put the picture on the correct dog. |
| 6. Continue until all the pictures are on the correct dog. |
| 7. Let your teacher check your work. |
| 8. Put your materials away. |
Activity Six: Following a Schedule for Pet Care
| 1. Gather materials. |
| 2. Cut out an activity on the Job Assignment page. |
| 3. Glue the activity in the correct place on the Daily Schedule. |
| 4. Continue cutting and gluing the assignments onto the daily schedule. |
| 5. When you are finished, you will have a schedule of the jobs to finish today at the pet shop. |
| 6. Have your teacher check your work. |
| 7. Put your materials away. |
Activity Seven: Stocking Shelves in a Pet Shop
| 1. Gather materials. |
| 2. Put the Stocking Shelves Pictures on the table. |
| 3. Mix the Stocking Shelves items and place on table. |
| 4. Find the correct shelf for the item. |
| 5. Put the item on the correct shelf. |
| 6. Continue until all the items are on the correct shelf. |
| 7. Let your teacher check your work. |
| 8. Put your materials away. |
Activity Eight: Purchasing Items to Care for a Pet
| 1. Gather materials. |
| 2. Choose the pet you want to buy. Find that pet care sheet. |
| 3. Count out the play $1 bills for each item on the pet care sheet. |
| 4. Count the money to see the total amount. Write the answer on the paper. |
| 5. Use the calculator to add up the cost of each item on the pet care sheet. |
| 6. The answer when you counted should be the same as when you added. |
| 7. Have your teacher check your work. |
| 8. Put your materials away. |