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National Park Wildlife Can you act like each of these kinds of animals found in America’s National Parks?
Florida’s Everglades National Park is home to many alligators. An alligator’s jaw muscles are incredibly powerful. Snap!
Each evening in summer, 400,000 Brazilian bats exit Carlsbad Cavern in search of insects for dinner.
The wolf is the largest member of the canine family. The endangered gray wolf can be found in national parks in Alaska.
Grizzly bears in Yellowstone can stand as tall as 7 to 8 feet on their hind legs.
I’m still sleepy!
Hold a bathroom scale in your hands. Squeeze the scale as hard as you can. How many pounds of pressure can you apply? As much as an alligator? TRY THIS:
Pretend to be a grizzly waking up from hibernation. Curl up in a ball and then slowly stretch, stand, and reach your arms as high as you can. TRY THIS:
Run around your yard flapping your wings like a bat. Don’t worry if you look a little batty! TRY THIS:
Wolves run in packs. Gather a group of friends and go for a run with your “pack.” TRY THIS:
Standards Links: Physical Education: Use a variety of basic and advanced movement forms.
Look closely at these camping lanterns. Can you find the two that are identical?
RECREATION NATIONAL AMERICAN HISTORIC RANGER
Find the words by looking up, down, backwards, forwards, sideways, and diagonally.
N D E S I T E S H
R B E R U T A N P
E L A N O I T A N
C I
R V A P G K S E I
E E I C S E A R R
A R G I Y F E I O
T J U N I O R C T
I H Y E A U A A S
O T L C E R S N I
JUNIOR SCENIC NATURE PARKS SITES BADGE AREAS FIELD
R D O R R M C
TRIP LIVE
Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
Standards Links: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.
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