Kids Stuff
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Lewis and Clark Missouri Resource Trading Cards
This colorful set of 80 cards highlights the Missouri River's outstanding natural resources as it follows the path taken by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's Corps of Discovery Expedition 200 years ago.
Games
Learn about your environment with these fun Earth Day games.
Learn how to save energy with online games, PC downloads and other activities for kids.
2012 Fight the Bite Poster Contest
Enter the annual Fight the Bite Poster Contest for students in grades 5 and 6 sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Educational materials, including lesson plans and handouts, are available. Deadline for contest entries is April 18.
Videos
The department produces videos about a variety of topics. The full videos are linked below.
- Break It Down: The Compost Connection Length 20:53 (80KB) VIDEO
- Groundwater Length 16:35 (33 KB) VIDEO
- Illegal Dumping 1:00 VIDEO
- Keeping Our Waters Clean Length 44:05 (170KB) VIDEO
- Talkin' Trash: The Buy Recycled Loop Length: 16:29 (65KB) VIDEO
You can view the separate chapters of all online videos. The chapter videos are faster loading for people using dial-up connections. See more department videos at YouTube/MissouriDNR.
Earth Day
at Kids Domain
Earth Day related online games, PC downloads, coloring pages, clipart
and other activities for kids.
Earth Day Craft Ideas
- How to make Recycled Cereal Boxes
- How to make Recycled Scrapbooks
- How to make Recycled Bookmarks
- How to make Recycled Egg Carton Animals
- FirstGov for Kids: a portal to lots of kids' resources about plants and animals.
- Environmental Protection Agency's Explorers' Club: games and activities about environmental issues.
- Environmental Protection Agency's Drinking Water for Kids Games and Online Activities
- Endangered species: games and how you can help.
- Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program's Education Center: learn about global warming from Professor Polar Bear.
- Roofus the Dog's Solar and Efficient Neighborhood: make your home energy smart.
- Nature Watch: see animals in action.
- S.K.Worm : he'll answer your questions about dirt.
- Sci4Kids: stories about plants and bugs.
- Bureau of Land Management: birds, dinosaurs, dirt and rivers
- Energy Information Administration's Energy Ant: learn all about where we get our energy and how we use it.
RoboCow:
Operation H2O
Find out how proper farming operations can improve water quality.