National Park Scouts

This is part 2 of our Sequoia National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Sequoia National Park for kids:
Part 1: General Sherman - The Largest Living Thing on Earth
Part 2: Giant Caves Beneath the Giant Trees
Part 3: The High-Flying Frog Rescue
Part 4: Higher than High - Mount Whitney

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Most people visit Sequoia National Park to look up at the world's biggest trees, but did you know there is a massive, hidden world right beneath your boots? 🥾🔦 Grab your headlamp because we are going down into the dark to explore 240 secret marble caves!

Meet the creatures that exist nowhere else on earth and learn why they lose their color and eyes. Hear the memory trick for stalactite and stalagmites and find out how the cave is built, drop by drop!

🎒Scout mission included! Experience our fun mission thats great for trips or the backyard with your family.

🏕️ Do you like caves? Would you go in one? 

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This is part 1 of our Sequoia National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Sequoia National Park for kids:
Part 1: General Sherman - The Largest Living Thing on Earth
Part 2: Giant Caves Beneath the Giant Trees
Part 3: The High-Flying Frog Rescue
Part 4: Higher than High - Mount Whitney

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Sequoia National Park is the land of the biggest. Biggest trees, biggest mountain, and plenty of big caves. We kick off our series climbing General Sherman the largest living thing on Earth! Discover how this giant Sequoia Tree has survived for 2,200 years. We dig in to the armor, bug spray, and how something that looks like a hot disaster actually helps sprout new trees.

Thank you to Neighborhood Naturalist for generously sharing their park sound with us today. Check out their website or youtube to learn more.

🎒Scout mission included! Experience our fun mission thats great for trips or the backyard with your family.

🏕️ Would you rather see the biggest tree, the tallest tree, or the oldest tree and why? 

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This is part 4 of our Acadia National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Acadia National Park for kids:
Part 1: The Fastest Animal on Earth
Part 2: Written in Rock
Part 3: Tide Superpowers & Sea Creature Superstars

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Acadia National Park is known for it's gorgeous fall colors🍂🍁. BUT, these colors weren't supposed to be there.... In 1947, a fire blazed through Mount Desert Island and burned the park to the ground. You’ll meet the brave local fishermen who sailed out into the dark, smoky night to rescue trapped families by boat, and discover how nature used a this event to pull off an incredible trick: rebuilding a dark, green forest into a blazing wonderland of bright red maples and yellow birch trees.

Parents & Educators: Wildfires can sound scary, but today’s episode is all about the helpers and the ultimate comeback story! We use the historic 1947 Acadia fire to teach kids about ecological succession—how nature rebuilds itself after a major change. It’s a fantastic, kid-friendly look at forest biology and community resilience that aligns with elementary science standards (NGSS). Feel free to read the transcript on my website if you need to vet it for your child.

🎒Scout mission included! Experience our fun mission thats great for trips or the backyard with your family.

🏕️ Have you seen a recently burned forest? 

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This is part 3 of our Acadia National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Acadia National Park for kids coming soon:
Part 1: The Fastest Animal on Earth
Part 2: Written in Rock
Part 4: The Fire That Changed Everything

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This episode covers a LOT, so put on that life vest! Imagine standing on a narrow gravel path with cold Atlantic water rushing in from both sides, covering the ground faster than you think 🌊. Welcome to Acadia’s coastline, where nothing stays still!

We dive deep in to tides and tidal creatures with superpowers. You think you have weird neighbors? Wait until you hear about the housing swap 🐌 , the creature that eats with it's feet, and the inside out digestion. Stay for the end when we learn about the key feature of Acadia that explodes💥!

Parents & Educators: This episode is perfect for kids ages 6–12 and covers key Earth Science and STEM concepts including tidal physics, how the moon's gravity pulls the ocean, and the wild world of marine animal adaptations.

THANK YOU to the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Society for sharing their audio of harbor seal pups. Visit their website to preview these cute seal pups and adopt one today!

🎒Scout mission included! Experience our fun mission thats great for trips or the backyard with your family.

🏕️ What's your favorite tide pool creature?

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This is part 2 of our Acadia National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Acadia National Park for kids coming soon:
Part 1: The Fastest Animal on Earth
Part 3: Tide Superpowers & Sea Creature Superstars
Part 4: The Fire That Changed Everything

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Ever wanted to be the very first person in the country to see the sunrise? Today we do just that on top of Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park!

In this episode, we dig into the pink rocks under our feet to uncover a 420-million-year-old mystery. Discover why Acadia is shaped like a failed volcano, how a mile-thick wall of solid ice completely remodeled the park, and why there is a 28,000-pound gray boulder balancing on the edge of a pink cliff. 

Loon audio graciously provided by Dr Jay Mager of Ohio Northern University.

Parents & Educators: This episode is perfect for kids ages 6–12 and covers key Earth Science and STEM concepts including geology (igneous rock formation), glaciology (how glaciers reshape landscapes), and animal adaptations.

🎒Scout mission included! Experience our fun mission thats great for trips or the backyard with your family.

🏕️ If you could go anywhere to watch the sunrise, where would you go?

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This is part 1 of our Acadia National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Acadia National Park for kids coming soon:
Part 2: Written in Rock
Part 3: Tide Superpowers & Sea Creature Superstars
Part 4: The Fire That Changed Everything

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What animal is faster than a race car, a sky diver, or any living thing on Earth? Answer: The Peregrine Falcon 🦅

Join us on the cliffs of Acadia National Park while we check out this bird that's designed like a fighter jet. We cover the Peregrine's super powers that keep it alive at the record speed of 242 miles per hour, the invisible chemical threat that almost wiped them out completely, and the genius comeback plan that brought Peregrine Falcons back to the east coast.

Parents & Educators: This episode is perfect for kids ages 6–12 and covers key STEM concepts including food chains, animal adaptations, and environmental conservation.

🎒Scout mission included! Experience our fun mission thats great for trips or the backyard with your family.

🏕️ If you could name the next Peregrine Falcon chick, what would you name it?

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This is part 3 of our Bryce Canyon National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Bryce Canyon National Park for kids:
Part 1: The Hoodoo Capital of the Earth
Part 2: The Secret Language of Prairie Dogs

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Climb over 9,000 feet to meet something that was alive before the pyramids were built - The Bristlecone Pine! At over 1,600 years old, this scraggly looking tree thrives at conditions where not much else can survive. 

These awesome trees also have a special partnership with a bird that also boasts a record for having the best memory - the Clarks Nutcracker! Tune in to our kids national park podcast to learn about how these two thrive at Bryce Canyon National Park.

🎒Scout mission included! Experience our fun mission thats great for trips or the backyard with your family.

🏕️ If you needed to hide food for winter, what food would you hide and where would you hide it?

The park sound was provided by Renee from All Things Birdie. Check out her youtube channel for more fun bird videos. 🕊️

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This is part 2 of our Bryce Canyon National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Bryce Canyon National Park for kids:
Part 1: The Hoodoo Capital of the Earth
Part 3: Ancient Giants and the Secret Map

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Squeak! Bark! 🐾 You might think the giant rock hoodoos are the only stars of Bryce Canyon, but today, we’re looking at the little guys. Prairie Dogs are the keystone species of the park. Join us and learn why as explore their "towns" in this super fun kids podcast.

🎒Scout mission included! Experience our fun mission thats great for trips or the backyard with your family.

🏕️ If you could understand what any animal was saying for just one day, which animal would you pick?

The park sound was provided by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Macaulay Library

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This is part 1 of our Bryce Canyon National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Bryce Canyon National Park for kids:
Part 2: The Secret Language of Prairie Dogs
Part 3: Ancient Giants and the Secret Map

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Imagine a forest where the trees are made of glowing orange rock. Welcome to Bryce Canyon National Park! 

In this episode, we get to meet Bryce Canyon for the first time. We find out why it has the most hoodoos than anywhere else on Earth. And... what is a hoodoo anyway? Did you know ice can break solid stone? This park might be one of the smallest, but it's mighty in it's own way.

🎒Scout mission included! Experience our fun mission thats great for trips or the backyard with your family.

Visit nationalparkscouts.com for coloring pages, word searches, and bingo cards that go along with this kids podcast.

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This is part 3 of our Canyonlands National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Canyonlands National Park for kids:
Part 1: A Crater, a Mesa, and a Mystery
Part 2: The Last Blank Map and the One-Armed Man Who Filled it In 

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What if I told you that the dry, dusty "potholes" in Canyonlands National Park are actually full of life? Yes, it's true. Prehistoric shrimp live in those holes in the sandstone! 

Tadpole shrimp were here before the dinosaurs and somehow survive decades without any water. Listen in as find out about their "secret trick" to staying alive.

🎒Scout mission included! Experience our fun mission thats great for trips or the backyard with your family.

🏕️ Tadpole shrimp is a pretty boring name for the oldest animal around! If you could rename it, what name would you give it?

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