For Kids

Strix the Wonder Owl and Friends at HawkWatch

NPS Photo by Ken Block

Special Kids Educational Activities

Kids activities are planned throughout the year. Please check our calendar of events for details. Annual events such as HawkWatch and Children’s Archeology Day offer hands on activities for the entire family.



Junior Ranger Program



A Jr. Ranger Discovery Day Pack with activity booklet is available for loan (at no cost) during visits to the monument. Tools in the back pack include a ruler, magnifying glass, binoculars and identification guides.

A Junior Ranger Activity Booklet is available (for purchase) in our bookstore to help Jr. Rangers to explore Effigy Mounds National Monument, develop an understanding and appreciation of the prehistoric American Indian people that inhabited this area so long ago, experience the natural environment here and along the Upper Mississippi River Valley, and learn about the National Park Service’s mission to preserve and protect natural and cultural resources of the United States.

The activity book contains on-site activities; a certificate and patch is presented upon completion.

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Child Painting in Kids Activity at HawkWatch

NPS Photo by Ken Block

 

What Next? Holding Imitation Eagle Eggs at HawkWatch.

NPS Photo by Ken Block

 

An "Owl" at HawkWatch.

NPS Photo by Ken Block

 

Kids at Archeology Day Demonstration.

NPS Photo by Ken Block

 

kids Dissecting Owl Pellets

NPS Photo by Ken Block

 

Young  Archeologist at Kids Archeology Day 2005.

NPS Photo by Ken Block