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Mesa Verde National Park
For Kids

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Becoming a Junior Ranger

Junior Ranger Program

Children from age 4 to 12 can become a Junior Ranger at Mesa Verde. Just pick up an Activity Sheet at the Far View Visitor Center or Chapin Mesa Museum, complete the activities, and take it to a ranger at either location for review. A special Mesa Verde Junior Ranger badge is awarded for a job well done.

 

Hey Kids! Want to try out some activities you can do right at home? Just follow this Park Fun link, print your favorite activity pages, and have fun as you learn about Ancestral Puebloan Life at Mesa Verde!


Kids of all ages can learn more about Mesa Verde National Park at home. Do you want to know more about Mesa Verde's cliff dwellings, see artifacts left by the Ancestral Puebloans, or discover the types of wildlife found at Mesa Verde? Then click on the links below.

 
Ancestral Puebloan black-on-white mug
Artifact Gallery
links to artifact gallery activity
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Be a WebRanger!
now you can be a Junior Ranger even if you are not able to visit a national park
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Junior Ranger Gazette
Read this summer's Junior Ranger Gazette
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Zia Corn Dance  

Did You Know?
Descendants of Mesa Verde Ancestral Puebloans include the Hopi in Arizona, and the 19 Rio Grande pueblos of New Mexico: Taos, Picuris, Sandia, Isleta, San Juan, Santa Clara, San Ildefonso, Nambe, Tesuque, Jemez, Cochiti, Pojoaque, Santo Domingo, San Felipe, Santa Ana, Zia, Laguna, Acoma, and Zuni.

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Last Updated: October 04, 2008 at 11:54 EST