Buddy Bison Creative Learning Resources For At-Home Use

ParkPassport Mobile App

Download and use the ParkPassport App to discover new outdoor places to explore all year long. Unique features include:

1. A Park Finder
2. A Digital Passport to collect badges for different parks and outdoor activities. JUST ADDED: New badges for marine sanctuaries, marine national monuments, and seven new water activities.
3. Photo Sharing
4. VIRTUAL RESOURCES.
5. Ability to Invite Friends

Click the button below to learn more and download from the Apple App Store and Google Play.

Parts of a Plant

Activities:

• Discovering Parts of a Flower with Buddy Bison
• Buddy Bison’s Veggie Garden
• Leaf Rubbing

Virtual Trips:

• Denali National Park and Preserve
• Mount Rainier National Park

Watershed

Activities:

• Learning about Density in Saltwater vs. Fresh Water

Virtual Trips:

• Yellowstone National Park
• National Marine Sanctuaries
• Channel Islands National Park

History

Activities:

• Communicating Like a Civil War Soldier
• Memorial Day Poetry with Buddy Bison

Virtual Trips:

• San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
• Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Fossils

Activities:

• Buddy Bison’s Frozen Fossil Dig
• Think Like a Paleontologist

Virtual Trips:

• Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
• John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
• Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
• Petrified Forest National Park
• Badlands National Park

Dark Skies – Space and Stars

Activities:

• Bringing Dark Skies Inside with Buddy Bison

Virtual Trips:

• Chaco Culture National Historical Park
• Big Bend National Park
• Great Basin National Park

Animal Adaptations – Birds

Activities:

• Making Bird Wings with Buddy Bison

Virtual Trips:

• Fire Island National Seashore
• Point Reyes National Seashore
• Acadia National Park

Animal Adaptations – Reptiles & Amphibians

Activities:

• Learning about Sea Turtles with Buddy Bison

Virtual Trips:

• Virgin Islands National Park
• Big Cypress National Preserve
• Everglades National Park

Geology

Activities:

• Buddy Bison’s Baking Soda Geyser
• Color Your Own Hot Spring
• Create a Grand Canyon with Buddy Bison

Virtual Trips:

• Devil’s Tower National Monument
• Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park
• Bryce Canyon National Park
• Badlands National Park
• Grand Canyon National Park
• Yellowstone National Park (Google Earth)
• Yellowstone National Park (Video Tours)

Ecosystems

Activities:

• Tracking Animals with Buddy Bison
• Habitat Matching at Big Cypress National Preserve
• Learning About the Food Web
• Buddy Bison’s Animals of National Parks Crossword Puzzle

Virtual Trips:

• Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park
• Denali National Park and Preserve
• Yellowstone National Park
• National Marine Sanctuaries
• Channel Islands National Park
• Big Cypress National Preserve
• Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Park Art

Activities:

• Grand Canyon Landscape Art with Buddy Bison
• Build a Mini-park with Buddy Bison
• Buddy Bison’s Blinding Lights Dance Challenge
• Examine Nature
• Design a Nature Collage

Miscellaneous Activities

• 10 Junior Ranger Badges You Can Earn From Home
• Buddy Bison Back Yard Bingo
• Buddy Bison’s Backyard Bingo – Traducción al español
• National Park Coloring Sheets
• Buddy Bison Diorama
• Buddy Bison’s Coloring Sheet
• Listening to Nature
• Back Yard Scavenger Hunt