A Junior Ranger’s Job....

Welcome to George Washington Carver National Monument’s Junior Ranger Program!

George Washington Carver National Monument is a special place that needs people like you to take care of it. By becoming a Junior Ranger you can help preserve national parks so that future generations may also enjoy them!

Explore the park and have fun while you complete the steps to become a Junior Ranger. When you are finished, take this booklet to the Visitor Center and have a Park Ranger or other staff member sign your certificate and issue your badge.

Thank you for helping to preserve national parks. Remember to have fun!

A Park Ranger’s Job....

Park Rangers help protect and take care of America’s national parks. Park Rangers work at national parks all across the United States. Here at George Washington Carver National Monument, Park Rangers have many important jobs, such as:

Are you ready to begin your journey through George Washington Carver National Monument and discover many things about Dr. Carver? Turn to the next page!

Becoming a Junior Ranger....

Earn your Junior Ranger badge and certificate by following these two steps:

1. Complete at least one of the activity pages with a sketch of young George.

2. Complete at least five of the activity pages with a sketch of George Washington Carver in his laboratory.

Once you have completed both steps, take your activity book to the visitor center for a Park Ranger to sign your certificate and to issue your Junior Ranger badge!

A Park Ranger Program....

There are many Park Ranger programs offered at the park. Check at the visitor center to see when the next program will start.

Make sure you participate in the program and ask lots of questions! When the program is over ask the Park Ranger to sign below.

Program Title

Date

Park Ranger

Park Map....

This park map will help you find your way while visiting George Washington Carver National Monument.

A Carver Video....

Watch the Boyhood Carver video at the visitor center and answer the questions below.

1. The Moses Carver farm was located near what Missouri town?

2. What happened to George’s mother?

3. Did George do the easier chores or the harder chores on the Carver farm?

4. What are two things that George taught himself to do while on the Carver farm?

5. What did George use to teach himself how to read?

Trailblazing....

Hike the Carver trail where young George used his curiosity to find out about the world around him. Write about or draw three things you see while hiking the trail!

The Carver trail leads to the 1881 Moses Carver House, Williams Pond, and Carver Family Cemetery.

Equipment....

Find the bust of Dr. Carver and listen to the poem he is reading called Equipment, by Edgar A. Guest.

The equipment listed in the poem symbolizes our attitudes in life. What do you think? Check the best answer.

The Mission....

The Organic Act Aug. 25, 1916 gives the mission of the National Park Service

“... to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wildlife therein, and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such a manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.”

Find the mission of the National Park Service by circling each underlined word. They may be diagonal or backward.

Dr. Carver Says....

Read the Carver Quotes page and write your favorite quote here....

Draw a picture about the quote.