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Another Junior Ranger

HEY KIDS!


There are a variety of of hands-on-history activities available for kids. Become an archaeologist digging for artifacts, construct your own 18th century journal, or learn how much fun it is to play a musical instrument called the glass armonica that was invented by Benjamin Franklin!

Junior Ranger Program: 
Children visiting Independence National Historical Park can become a Junior Ranger by picking up a Junior Ranger Activity Book with activities for children ages five and up from the Independence Visitor Center (corner of 6th and Market Streets) or downloading it from this site.  

Participants who attend at least one ranger program and complete five activities will earn a Junior Ranger badge.

Activities are related to locations throughout the park and include word scrambles, dot-to-dot, bingo, matching and more... as well as activities to do at home.  

Junior Ranger Induction Ceremony
Meet the Ranger at the Information Desk at the Visitor Center, Weekends, 4 - 4:15 p.m.
A Park Ranger conducts a special ceremony for all the children who have completed our Junior Ranger booklet.

Children's Programs and Activities at INHP

Come Face to Face with History collecting "Faces of Independence: Trading Cards"

Movies
"Choosing Sides" shown at Independence Visitor Center

Second Bank
Scavenger Hunt - Ask a Ranger when you visit!
Physiognotrace demonstration

Online Webrangers
This is the National Park Service's on-line Junior Ranger program for kids of all ages. If you love your National Parks, Monuments and Historic Sites, this site is for you.