National Park Scouts

This is part 4 of our Mount Rainier National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Mount Rainier National Park for kids: Part 1: Fire Inside the Frozen Giant Part 2: Glaciers on a Volcano Part 3: Ice Worms Part 4: Wildflowers and the Pacific Jumping Mouse -- As 20 feet of snow finally melt away, the subalpine meadows kick off a high-speed race against time. Discover how glacier lilies grow under snowbanks and why thousands of colorful wildflowers bloom all at once to outsmart a...

This is part 3 of our Mount Rainier National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Mount Rainier National Park for kids: Part 1: Fire Inside the Frozen Giant Part 2: Glaciers on a Volcano Part 3: Ice Worms Part 4: Wildflowers and the Pacific Jumping Mouse -- Worms… on a glacier?! High on Mount Rainier, something wiggles up out of the ice every summer evening: the ice worm, the only worm known to spend its whole life in glacier ice. It melts if it gets too warm, can’t survive if...

This is part 2 of our Mount Rainier National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Mount Rainier National Park for kids: Part 1: Fire Inside the Frozen Giant Part 2: Glaciers on a Volcano Part 3: Ice Worms Part 4: Alpine Meadows and the Pacific Jumping Mouse -- A river made of ice. A river the color of milk. A bird that swipes sandwiches and glues them to trees. Scouts explore Mount Rainier's glaciers and learn how snow squishes into ice. Together, we visit the place 93 feet of...

This is part 1 of our Mount Rainier National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Mount Rainier National Park for kids: Part 1: Fire Inside the Frozen Giant Part 2: Glaciers on a Volcano Part 3: Ice Worms Part 4: Alpine Meadows and the Pacific Jumping Mouse -- Will Mount Rainier ever wake up? Join us as we explore what it really means for a volcano to be active and learn how a team of scientists acts like the mountain's doctor to give Mt Rainier regular "checkups". Take a jour...

This is part 4 of our Congaree National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Congaree National Park for kids: Part 1: The Forest that Floods on Purpose Part 2: The Race for the Light Part 3: Lights Out in the Swamp Part 4: War Zone on the Mosquito Meter -- Why does Congaree National Park have a meter with a setting called "War Zone"? Unpack the mystery behind the park's famous Mosquito Meter and discover why the forest intentionally leaves the bugs alone. Then, venture inside ...