Kids & Youth

Ranger Kelly and a group of proud Junior Rangers

NPS Photo

 

Kids love Wrangell-St. Elias!
There are millions of acres of mountains, glaciers, wildlife, old mines, and adventure to explore. If you can't actually visit the park, you can have fun and learn about this very special place by clicking on some of these links...

 

Become a Junior Ranger!

Find out how to become a junior ranger and earn a badge, whether you are visiting the park, learning in a classroom or at home!

 

Wrangell-St. Elias Coloring Activity

Check out our coloring pages sketched by Alaskan Artist Jona Van Zyle. Wrangell-St. Elias hosted renowned Alaskan Artists, Jon and Jona Van Zyle in 2006 as Artists-In-Residence. Jona's beautiful drawings reflect her passion for wild places like Wrangell-St. Elias. You can be creative and learn more about Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve by dowloading and coloring these beautiful drawings.

Wrangell-St. Elias Coloring pages 1 - 6 (pdf format 5.4 MB)

 

Junior Ranger Badge template

Create Your Own Badge

Right-click on the badge template to 'save image as', download, print it and get creative!

 

National Park Service Arrowhead symbol

Create Your Own Arrowhead

Right-click on the arrowhead template to 'save image as', download, print it and create your own national park symbol!

 

Junior Paleontologist book

NPS

Download the Junior Paleontologist Activity Booklet

NOTE: This is a publication of the National Park Service. It contains copyrighted artwork and is being made available in this format exclusively for non-commercial, educational purposes.

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Lower resolution for faster download PDF (14 MB)

The Junior Paleontologist Program is a part of the National Park Service Junior Ranger Program. The goal of the Junior Ranger Program is to connect young people to their national parks through a variety of in-park activities that are designed to introduce them to the national park system and cultivate future generations of park stewards. Programs range from simple scavenger hunts for younger children, to multi-day ranger-led activities. Over 200 National Park Service areas currently have Junior Ranger programs. Learn more about NPS Junior Ranger programs.

 

National parks are great places to explore anything kids can imagine. Go on an outdoor adventure. Walk in the footsteps of famous people. Take in unique scenery. Explore new interests. Experience real places you may have only heard about. But most of all, national parks are places where you can have fun and create memories that last a lifetime. More information about Kids in Parks.

Fourth Graders Get a Free Pass to explore, learn, and recreate in spectacular settings, including national parks, wildlife refuges, marine sanctuaries, and forests!

Every Kid Outdoors connects fourth graders and their families to public lands. Complete a fun activity and get your voucher for free admission today.

 

Digital depiction of a lake darner dragonfly

Sara Wolman / USFWS

Dazzling Dragonflies and Damselflies

What is the difference?
Dragonflies (suborder Epiprocta) are usually larger, with eyes together and wings up or out at rest.

Damselflies (suborder Zygoptera) are usually smaller with eyes placed apart and wings along their body at rest.

Dragonflies, the official Alaska state insect, and Damselflies are often found around lakes and ponds hovering or perched on a long blade of grass at water’s edge. Alaska’s major groups include the Skimmers (whitefaces and king skimmers), Darners, Emeralds, Narrow-winged Damselflies (bluets) and Spreadwing Damselflies.

Learn more and read the article by Sara Wolman, US Fish & Wildlife Service, Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge:


Click on her coloring pages below to download, print and color!

 

Sara Wolman / USFWS

Dragonfly life cycle coloring page 1

 

Sara Wolman / USFWS

Dragonfly life cycle coloring page 2