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Kid's Discovery Pages
Play Games, Test Your Knowledge, Get Puzzled!

Image of the Animal Match Game.The Kid's Discovery Pages have been updated, with new content! You can: 
  • Solve some crossword puzzles about Colorado wildlife, fish, and biology.
  • Watch Colorado animals in action, and listen to the sounds they make.
  • Find out how much you know about black bears (a new Be Bear Aware booklet is now available, too). 
  • Play interactive games, and more!

Go to the Kid's Discovery Pages!

Wildlife Discovery Pages
Learn about Colorado Species

Go to the Wildlife Discovery Pages and learn out about some of Colorado's most interesting and unusual wildlife species through fun activities and reading, plus links to other pages on the Web site!

Over 40 species are described! Each species has activities for primary, elementary, and middle school students. Collect all of them into a booklet and share them with family and friends. 

See the new Looking For Wildlife? checklist, too. Record all the wildlife species you have learned about and seen!

Take the Black Bear Challenge!!!
Questions with Surprising Answers!

Image from the Black Bear Challenge game.What do you know about Colorado's black bears?

In this game, you select questions of increasing difficulty from five topics about black bears in Colorado; the more difficult the question, the more points ("Bear Paws") you can score by answering correctly. But be careful—incorrect answers deduct Bear Paws from your total! Play as often as you like—try to improve your score each time! Try it now! 

Before playing, you might want to read some of the resources at Living with Bears in Colorado.

Be a Hatchery Manager!
Make Real-life Decisions

Image of the Fish Hatchery Game.Ever think you'll never, ever use some of the stuff you learn in school? Like math or science?

Many professions use these skills ever day. Many of the professionals at the Division of Wildlife, especially hatchery personnel.

Learn about these skills from a 'real world' example—be a hatchery manager in the Fish Hatchery Game! And have some fun doing it! All you will need is to start the game and have a score sheet handy.



Last Updated: 11/18/2009