Ages 6-9
WHITESHELL
Junior Naturalist
My name is
Hi!
Would you like to become a Junior
Naturalist? It’s easy. Just work on the activities
in this booklet and return it to us. Manitoba Parks
will make you an official Junior Naturalist. On the
back page you will find a place to
check off everything
you do.
I am visiting
Provincial Park
Name 4 provincial
parks and 1 national
park in Manitoba.
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Dear Parents:
The Junior Naturalist
program is meant to be fun and
educational for the whole family.
Please provide whatever assistance
you feel your children need to
become Junior Naturalists.
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Plan to attend a guided walk or an
amphitheatre show. Visit a museum or the
goose sanctuary with your family. These
are all good ways to learn why the
Whiteshell is a special place.
What are 3 of the biggest
birds in the Whiteshell?
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Junior Naturalist
Notebook *
Draw or write down some of the things you saw
on your guided walk or on your visit to the
museum or goose sanctuary.
I pledge to help
keep my campsite
tidy and clean.
This keeps the
park safer for the
animals that live
here and for us too.
I helped
clean up!
*A naturalist or a scientist uses notebooks to write or
draw what he or she sees and learns.
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My Journal *
This is what I did for fun today.
What should I do if I see a bear?
Run
Climb a tree
Quietly back away
Tell park staff
* This is your special place to
put down the things that
made your visit special.
(Write or Draw!)
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Junior Naturalist
Notebook
A naturalist has to use all the senses. Write
down or draw what you discover when you
use these. Your family can help!
All parks are
special. Why
do people come
to this park?
Fishing?
Swimming?
Boating or
Canoeing?
Hiking?
Others?
Find something about
the size of your fingernail that is alive. Draw it
larger in the magnifying
glass.
Junior Naturalist
Caution: Never taste or smell anything unless your parents say it is okay!
I know how to play it
safe. I always tell someone where I am going.
My Mom or Dad
knew where I was going
and said it was
okay.
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Junior Naturalist Notebook
Draw a picture of an animal you find in this park. You must be quiet if you are going to
sit and watch the animal. Remember never go near or try to touch any wild animal.
This is their home!
Wordfind
Two parks north of
the Whiteshell are:
Find the 12 hidden words. Remember, they can be up and down, diagonally,
forward and backward. You can find all these things in Birds Hill Park.
Spruce Woods
Atikaki
Birds Hill
Nopiming
Grand
Beach
LAKE
BOAT
CANOE
ROCK
FLOWERS
SQUIRREL
RAVEN
BEAR
MOOSE
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Junior Naturalist
Notebook
Draw and colour a wildflower that
you found. Be sure not to disturb it.
Date:
Plant Name:
Location:
Colour the meteorite as it falls to
Earth. West Hawk Lake is round
and deep because a meteorite fell
there, long ago.
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Crossword Puzzle
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Clues
Across
1.
We try to catch these animals
with a hook.
5.
We can do this in the water.
6.
What you walk on in the forest.
7.
Do _ _ _ feed wild animals.
9.
A small person.
10. What you hit a ball with or a
kind of animal.
12. Another name for animal - it
rhymes with ‘feature.’
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Down
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A special person.
2.
Where you live.
3.
You must be very quiet when you
_ _ _ _ _ animals.
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5.
My Journal
8.
When we come back here I
want to do these things again!
11.
The park is a nice place to do this.
In the playground you can go down
this.
No person or animal likes to have this
done to them.
Always _ _ _ to do your best.
What kind of animals might I see
at this park?
Is there anything special I need to
know?
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Junior Naturalist
I have done five of the following:
2 Junior Naturalist
Shield Activities
3 Map Activities
1 Word Puzzle
3 Question & Answer
3 Other Activities
3 Notebook Activities
2 My Journal
Activities
You are almost an official Junior
Naturalist! Check off the boxes of
what you have done with your
family. Then return the completed
booklet to the place where you
picked it up. If everything is okay
you will become a Junior Naturalist!
Junior Naturalist
Adult
If you were unable to contact a park interpreter to have your child made an official
Junior Naturalist, please sign this page and return the completed booklet to the
park office or mail it to:
Junior Naturalist Program
c/o Head of Interpretation
Parks and Natural Areas Branch
Box 53, 200 Saulteaux Crescent
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3J 3W3
Child’s Name
Address
City
Province/State
Postal Code
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