Rescue Dogs

6th Grade, Research and Inquiry Activities

1. Connect to this link: http://www.nasar.org/nasar/specialty_fields.php. Read the paragraph about how search and rescue dogs find missing people.

2. Click on Fact Sheet at the bottom of the page to learn about the requirements of becoming a search and rescue dog and how they are trained.

3. Create a help wanted advertisement for a search and rescue dog. Describe qualities that are necessary for the job and explain what previous experience is required.

For additional information about working dogs, click on http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/0301/articles/mainarticle.html to read a National Geographic Explorer magazine article about different jobs that dogs can perform.

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