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Get Outdoors, It's Yours!
"Get Outdoors, It's Yours!" is a national campaign focused on getting America's youth outside and engaging with Nature. The goal of this initiative is to encourage children and their families to spend more time outdoors.
Using this site, you can search for a large number of activities, whether educational, recreational, or just plain "helping out", all across America's public lands.
Learn more, and Get Outdoors, It's Yours!.
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National Scout Day
Join us on Saturday, September 27, 2008 for National Public Lands Day as we celebrate the service of Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts in the national parks.
Learn more about National Scout Day.
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Get to Know the National Park System
These print and play activities give you a sample of the National Park system. Travel to 15 national parks to find out what makes these places so special and how you can be one of the special people who care for them.
New activities are coming soon, so try some today and then come back again another day for more fun.
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Five On-line Activities at Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California
Did you ever wonder why there are national parks? Have you wondered what it might be like to work in one? Well, this is the place for you. Five on-line activities await you:
Subduction Construction Journey into the Subduction Zone as you solve the geologic mystery of how the rocks you see in the cliffs of the Golden Gate formed millions of years ago! Collect your "samples" and make your conclusions.
Go Silver and Blue! Did you know that an endangered butterfly makes its home in the Golden Gate National Parks? discover how park professionals and student volunteers mix up scientific investigations with community stewardship to restore critical habitat.
Try also the Mission Quilt, Battle for the Dunes and Wild and the City!
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Activities Built by Kids, for Kids at Joshua Tree National Park, California
Fourth grade students at Twentynine Palms Elementary have studied National Parks, Joshua Tree National Park, and their local deserts and have become Junior Rangers. Now they would like to share what they learned from in-class activities conducted by park rangers and from field trips to Joshua Tree National Park.
There are six activities, ranging from Rangers, to Native Americans. you can also learn about animal adaptations, miners and desert survival.
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Meet Your Wild Neighbors At Alaska's National Parks
This cool, interactive website about Alaskan animals lets you explore habitat, the food web, people and parks, and even lets you act as a Nature Detective as you complete colorful activities, complete with sound and motion. Alaska is home to a huge number of amazing wild neighbors. Come meet them!
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Bats will not eat You at Oregon Caves National Park, Oregon
Do you know any songs about bats? Well here is one that is informative and fun to sing. The song is called Bats Eat Bugs! It is sung by Joel Barker.
This is a 779 KB RealPlayer (sound) file. You will need to have a program called RealPlayer installed on your computer.
Also check out the Children's Gallery full of bat and cave drawings by kids.
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Tons of Activities from Tumacacori National Historical Park, Arizona
You could spend all day discovering Tumacacori through the activities on this site! Divided into Fun With History and River Games, the site has recommendations for each age group and lots of great stuff to discover as you learn about this amazing place.
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Scrambling Around At Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota
Learn more about those big heads on the side of the mountain and have fun too! Check out the printable puzzles: Word Scramble, Word Search and Crossword Puzzle you can print and complete. The answers are here too, if you need help.
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Print and Color Life along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia
Have you ever met a mule? Wondered how a lock works? Are you interested in learning about what animals live near and in the canal? Have you ever looked at a flower or tree and wondered what it was called? Did you ever want to go back in time and live and work on a canal boat?
Your journey begins here. This download and color page is an example of what life was like for a young boy along the canal.
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A Silent Witness to History at Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
"My name is long since forgotten; folks just call me the "Silent Witness" now. I am famous, and well taken care of but it's not the same as being loved..."
Learn the secrets the Silent Witness has to tell you!
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Fun Facts about Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, Arizona
Let's go exploring! As you travel through these web pages, use the navigation bar to the left to get to fun activities and information.
The park's Fun Facts Pages will help you learn about the Casa Grande, how and why we protect it, and the prehistoric Hohokam inhabitants.
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Ask a Ranger at Fort Pulaski National Monument, Georgia
Have you ever wanted to ask a ranger something about a park? Here is your chance to ask about the Fort, and about the National Park Service.
Go ahead, Ask A Ranger!
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Puzzling Over Law and Order at Fort Smith National Historic Site,
Arkansas and Oklahoma
Do you want to experience law in the Old West? Here are two word searches to challenge you. One is easy, and teh other one is a really hard one!
Test your skill and learn about the park.
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On Duty at Fort Stanwix National Monument, New York
Try the Continental Army Word Search, or perhaps a crossword or another puzzle about the frontier fort that set the stage for westward expansion. Follow in the paths of the people who made history in the Mohawk Valley during the American Revolutionary War.
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Water Safety is a Must! Learn More from Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Arizona and Utah
Water safety is very important to the basic mission of the National Park Service at Glen Canyon NRA. Our staff wants to provide a safe place for visitors to enjoy themselves. Try out the following printable activity sheets to get you ready to enjoy the water, wherever you live.
Boating Safety - What belongs in the boat? Take a look, and make sure your boat is a safe one.
I'm Wearing My Life Jacket! - Color by number to find out what these water-lovers are so happy about.
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Can You Guess the Animal? Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
Two interactive games challenge you to identify animals that live in the park.
Who am I? There are many cool animals and plants in Grand Teton National Park. Let's see if you know what some of them are. Read the descriptions and then click on the link to find out!.
Animal Tracks There are a lot of cool animals walking, flying, and running around Grand Teton National Park. Can you figure out what each of the animal tracks are?
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Explore Cave Life at Jewel Cave National Monument, South Dakota
What do you know about bats? Try the park fun page, where you will find a bat crossword and two word searches about bats and other things found in caves. Jewel Cave is world renowned for its crystal-lined passages and rare cave formations.
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Fun on the Web from Sitka National Historical Park, Alaska
Are you looking for fun on the web? Sitka has what you are looking for! If you can't actually visit the park, you can have fun and learn about these special places by downloading the Pacific Salmon Coloring Book, or visit Our Wild Neighbors, a cool interactive website about Alaskan animals.
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Learn About the Civil War at Petersburg National Battlefield, Virginia
So you want to learn about the Civil War? Can you imagine spending almost ten months of the Civil War fighting in one area? Why were the soldiers here for so long? How did they pass their days? What was it like living in the trenches around Petersburg?
Through Soldier Life and Pictionary examine the lives, the uniforms and the equipment of Civil War soldiers who traveled on foot, fought on horseback, or fired a cannon.
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