Activities for Ages 9-12
Featured Careers
Do you want to learn about other careers you might have the skills for?
- Take the Find your Path Quiz: https://careers.doi.gov/find-your-path
- Explore other DOI Careers: https://careers.doi.gov/explore-careers
- Read the DOI blog spotlighting 15 Amazing Careers at the Department!
Conservation
Coastal Protection
Conservation and Prevention
- FWS Conservation Connect
- Science and Elder Observations on the Navajo Nation
- USGS Climate Science Champions (Meet our Climate Science Champions, series of 9 videos)
Exploration
Land
Geology & Volcanoes
- Meet the first woman hired by the U.S. Geological Survey: Florence Bascom Biography
- BLM Geology and Fossils Junior Ranger
- BOEM Create a Topographic Map
- Geologist Tongue Twister
- GeoGirls: Five Days of Discovery at Mount St. Helens
- Kīlauea Summit Eruption
- History of the National Park Service
- Grand Canyon in Depth - More Than a View
- John Wesley Powell's Legacy of Exploration at USGS
- 2022 Interior Museum Color Our Collections Coloring Book
- Interior Museum Color Our Collections 2021 Coloring Book
- NPS Junior Ranger Program
- Exploring Federal Lands and Waters
- Environmental Stewardship
- Our Nation’s Native Peoples
Public Lands
- History of the National Park Service(link is external)
- Grand Canyon in Depth - More Than a View(link is external)
- John Wesley Powell's Legacy of Exploration at USGS
- FWS Forests are More Than Trees Activity Packet
- NPS Junior Ranger Program
- Virtual Tour of the U.S. Department of the Interior Museum
- 2021 Interior Museum Color Our Collections Coloring Book
- 2022 Interior Museum “Color Our Collections” Coloring Book
- 2023 Interior Museum “Color Our Collections” Coloring Book
Water
Oceans
Wetlands & Wildlife Refuges
- FWS Wetland Connections Distance Learning Packet
- FWS Visit Your Nearest Wildlife Refuge
- FWS Pond Science Distance Learning Packet
- FWS Nature Through the Seasons Distance Learning Packet
Space
- Gearing up for Landing Day - USGS Mars Rover Team
- USGS Earth Observation Case Study: Landsat to Map Agriculture
- What is EROS? (Earth Resources Observation and Science)
- EROS Center video animation of Landsat 8 orbit around the Earth
STEM
Science Spotlight
- Citizen Science
- USGS Ecosystems Podcast - Outstanding in the Field
- USGS Geophysicist Dr. Rufus Catchings
- USGS: More than a Workplace
- What Does a USGS Hydologic Technician Do to Inspect Streamgages?
- What I Love About My USGS Job
- What Inspired Me to Become a USGS Scientist?
- USGS Tools of the Trade Coloring Book
- I Am A...Science careers book for kids (usgs.gov)
- BSEE I Am A Geologist
- BSEE I Am A Petroleum Engineer
Energy Sources - Oil & Gas, Offshore Wind Energy
Wildlife
Air
Land
- FWS Wildlife Videos
- Polar Bears Film Their Own Sea Ice World
- FWS Who Lives in Your Backyard?
- (English)
- (Spanish)
- FWS Educational Tools Collection
Water
- Catching Sea Otters in the Wild
- Did You Know Fish Migrate Too?
- Pacific Seabird Research
- Understanding Sound in the Ocean - BOEM Acoustics Whiteboard Animation
- Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
- FWS Fish and Aquatic Word Search
- BOEM Fossil Fun
- BOEM Posters
- FWS Junior Duck Stamp
- USGS Invasive Species Coloring Sheets
- FWS Young Angler Distance Learning Packet
- USGS Animals Coloring Book
- FWS Salmon Coloring Book
- FWS Salmon Facts and Coloring Page
- FWS ABCs of Fishing Coloring Book