{"id":6796,"date":"2016-05-20T08:00:35","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T08:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/?p=6796"},"modified":"2025-07-29T10:53:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T14:53:10","slug":"new-video-scent-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/new-video-scent-station\/","title":{"rendered":"New Nature of Teaching Video: How to Construct a Scent Station"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Scent<\/a>Have you ever wanted to set up your own scent station? Here\u2019s a great video that will teach you how! Scent\u00a0stations are a non-invasive alternative to other trapping methods for determining what species of wildlife populate\u00a0an area. Scent stations work by using a scent lure surrounded by sand in which animals will leave their\u00a0tracks. These tracks can then be identified later for each species that visits the scent station.<\/p>\n

However, it\u00a0can be difficult to set up an animal scent station for the first time. In this video, Robert Cordes<\/a>, assistant regional\u00a0wildlife biologist at the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife<\/a>, shows you step-by-step how\u00a0to construct your own scent station.<\/p>\n

“How to Construct a Scent Station<\/a>”\u00a0is a companion to Lesson 2 in The Nature of Teaching’s\u00a0Unit 1: Animal Diversity\u00a0and Tracking<\/a>. This free lesson plan includes a\u00a0data sheet you can fill out after setting up your scent station, as well as other fun projects that can be\u00a0used in a classroom. You can find other free lesson plans at the Nature of Teaching website<\/a> with topics\u00a0like food webs, watersheds, and the scientific method.<\/p>\n

Resources:<\/strong>
\nHow to Construct a Scent Station<\/a> – The Education Store, Purdue Extension Resource Center
\nThe Nature of Teaching Unit 1: Animal Diversity and Tracking<\/a> – The Education Store
\nThe Nature of Teaching<\/a> – Purdue Extension
\nNature Publications <\/a>– The Nature of Teaching<\/p>\n

Megan Kuechle<\/a>, Undergraduate Extension Intern
\nPurdue Department of Forestry and Natural Resources<\/p>\n

Dr. Rod Williams<\/a>, Associate Head of Extension and Associate Professor of Wildlife Science
\nPurdue Department of Forestry and Natural Resources<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have you ever wanted to set up your own scent station? Here\u2019s a great video that will teach you how! Scent\u00a0stations are a non-invasive alternative to other trapping methods for determining what species of wildlife populate\u00a0an area. Scent stations work by using a scent lure surrounded by sand in which animals will leave their\u00a0tracks. These […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,54],"tags":[298,297,296,299],"class_list":["post-6796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howto","category-wildlife","tag-animal-diversity","tag-nature-of-teaching","tag-scent-station","tag-tracking","audience-for-enthusiasts","audience-for-homeowners","audience-for-landowners","audience-for-professionals"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6796"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33573,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6796\/revisions\/33573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}