Society & Culture
Celebrate Junior Ranger Day at Home and in Your Own Backyard Saturday, April 18th, 2020 is Junior Ranger Day and the first day of National Park Week. Unfortunately, we are under a state home orders due to COVID-19 so this is a different sort of Junior Ranger Day and National Park Week that we will be celebrating from our homes and virtually. In this bonus episode I talk with my two little pink junior rangers about being a junior ranger. #nationalparkweek #findyourpark #FindYourVirtualPark Discussion includes the following: Why they like being a junior ranger Fun fact about palm trees Fun Fact about roadrunners Fun Fact about Javelinas Responsibilities of a junior ranger Favorite junior ranger activities Promo for upcoming episode on Night Skies with Tyler Nordgren How to celebrate junior ranger day at home Junior Ranger joke Clip from Shenandoah Trip Report from March 2017 of kids talking about astronomy program and volunteering to save monarch butterflies. National Park Creative Exchange collaboration For Everybody's National Parks Junior Ranger Day Activities go to https://www.everybodysnationalparks.com/juniorranger Please tag @everybodysnationalparks For complete show notes and archive, visit everybodysnationalparks.com. Celebrate National Parks Week with the National Parks Creative Exchange. Each day from April 18 through April 26, 2020 explore the National Parks with a host of podcasters, bloggers, vloggers and parks enthusiasts. Follow along on their websites, with their podcasts, and on their Instagram accounts. Everybody’s National Parks Gaze At The National Parks Parklandia Podcast America’s National Parks Our Wander Filled Life Park Chasers The Parks Expert Moon Travel Guide author Becky Lomax @headalongwithheart Resources to #FindYourVirtualPark: Junior Ranger Day Backyard Activities and "Backyard National Park" Badge America’s National Parks: Virtual Passport Cancellations Google Arts and Culture: Hidden Worlds of the National Parks Google Arts and Culture: Explore more from the National Park Service Google Earth National Park Virtual Tours Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy: Kid Crafts that bring the National Parks Home Happy 150th Birthday Golden Gate Park Virtual Celebration NPS Celebrates: Games and Challenges NPS Celebrates: Earth Day 2020 Going Digital NPS: Junior Ranger Programs and Books NPS: (More) Junior Ranger Books NPS: Teacher Resources Parkasaurus: Tracking #NPSLIVE Events Actions: Subscribe to our podcast from our website https://www.everybodysnationalparks.com/ Tell your friends about Everybody’s National Parks Send us your national park stories, recommendations, comments, or questions to Hello at everybodysnps.com. Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook Please tag us from the parks you are visiting at #everybodysnationalparks