PART 2--Word Search

Locate all twelve words in the word search puzzle below. Circle or draw a line through each word in the puzzle to finish it. (_Find the three missing words by completing "PART 1--Scavenger Hunt" above._)

1. [_] ______________________________ 2. [_] ______________________________ 3. [_] ______________________________ 4. [_] cliff dwelling 5. [_] community 6. [_] cooperation 7. [_] fire pit 8. [_] kiva 9. [_] pithouse 10. [_] pueblo 11. [_] room 12. [_] spring

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{4-7} {8-9} {10-up} PART 3: Draw the type of house you would most like to live in.

Cliff Dwelling Bingo

Activity can be done at any cliff dwelling.

{4-7} {8-9} {10-up}

{Gentle Rain} Gentle Rain: Visit a cliff dwelling, such as Spruce Tree House, to see many of the same things I did when I lived here. Remember to be a good steward by not touching, climbing, or leaning on the walls.

_Directions_--Look for the items below and place an "X" over the ones you find. Find four in a row across or diagonally.

{} {} {} {} Ladder T-shaped Door Juniper Berries Mano and Metate [_] [_] [_] [_] {} {} {} {} Viga (roof Yucca Kiva Seep Spring beam) [_] [_] [_] [_] {} {} {} {} Prickly Pear Ranger Hat Two-story Soot-blackened Cactus [_] Building Wall [_] [_] [_] {} {} {} {} Lizard Fire Pit Pinyon Pine Bird [_] [_] [_] [_]

A-mazing Migration

Activity can be done anywhere.

{Kathy} Kathy: For some time, it was thought that Gentle Rain's family and the rest of the Ancestral Pueblo people simply vanished from Mesa Verde. We now know that they migrated south over 700 years ago. Their descendants include the Rio Grande Pueblos in New Mexico, the Hopi in Arizona, and the Ysleta del Sur in Texas.

_Directions_--Follow the paths through the maze from Mesa Verde to find the present-day locations of the Ancestral Puebloans' descendants. You must travel through and find at least one Ancestral Puebloan item along the way to each pueblo, and avoid any modern items.

{4-7} Find the Hopi Pueblos.

{8-9} Find the Hopi and Rio Grande Pueblos.

{10-up} Find the Hopi, Rio Grande, and Ysleta del Sur Pueblos.

Mesa Verde Junior Ranger Souvenir Page

Be An Artist!

Draw a picture or write about what you liked BEST

What I experienced at Mesa Verde National Park...

Place a check mark next to the cliff dwellings you visited:

[_] Spruce Tree House [_] Balcony House [_] Cliff Palace [_] Long House [_] Step House

Place a check mark next to other activities you did:

[_] Walked a trail [_] Drove the Mesa Top Loop [_] Saw a pithouse [_] Had a picnic [_] Talked to a ranger

This Certifies That ______________________________

has completed the Junior Ranger Program at Mesa Verde National Park

As a Mesa Verde Junior Ranger, I promise to be a good steward by protecting Mesa Verde and all national Parks. I will stay on the trails, not feed the wildlife, not litter, and recycle when I can. I also promise to be respectful of other cultures whose way of life may be different from my own.

Witnessed by: ______________________________ (Park Ranger Signature) Date: ______________________________

Transcriber's Notes

--Silently corrected a few typos.

--Retained publication information from the printed edition: this eBook is public-domain in the country of publication.

--In the text versions only, text in italics is delimited by _underscores_.

--In the HTML version only, data entry is supported, but input is not preserved across browser refreshes. A record of completed activity may be saved by printing as a web page.