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CENTENNIAL CENTER PARK

There’s so much to learn about Colorado at Centennial Center Park!

Find clues and hints around the park to help you answer these 18 questions.

Good luck!

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Look through this Blue Viewfinder and you’ll see Colorado’s 39th highest peak. What is this peak’s name?

Colorado’s State Flower is the .

Colorado’s State Fossil is the .

Colorado’s State Bird is the .

Colorado’s State Gemstone is .

Colorado’s State Mineral is .

Colorado’s State Animal is the .

Colorado’s State Insect is the .

The State of Colorado’s Birthday is .

Centennial Center Park

Trivia chase

2

How many pollutants have been found in various water surfaces, such as oceans, rivers or lakes?

Colorado’s State Tree is the .

Colorado’s State Grass is .

Colorado’s State Folk Dance is the .

Colorado’s State Fish is the .

Colorado’s State Rock is .

Look through this Blue Viewfinder and you’ll see one of Colorado’s fourteeners, a mountain that is at least 14,000 feet tall. What is this fourteener’s name?

Colorado’s State Songs are: &

Look through this Blue Viewfinder and you’ll see a large body of water. What is the name of this body of water?

Trivia Hunt Answer Key: 1. Mt. Bierstadt, 2. Colorado Blue Columbine, 3. Stegosaurus, 4. Lark Bunting, 5. Aquamarine, 6. Rhodochrosite, 7. Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep, 8. Colorado Hairstreak Butterfly, 9. August 1, 1876, 10. 70,000,

11. Blue Spruce, 12. Blue Grama Grass, 13. Square Dance, 14. Greenback Cutthroat Trout, 15. Yule Marble, 16. Longs Peak, 17. “Rocky Mountain High” and “Where the Columbines Grow”, 18. Cherry Creek Reservoir

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Color your own Centennial Flag!Create your own Centennial Flag masterpiece by coloring each

shape according to this key: B = blue, W = white, Y = yellowHave fun!

B

B

B BB

B

BB

BBBBBB

BY

W

Insects in the Park! Which of these is not an insect? An insect is bug that has six legs

and usually two or four wings.

ladybug butterfly beetle lizard bee

4

Connect the Dots These are some of the animals

you can find in Centennial Center Park. Connect the dots to

find out what they are!

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AQUAMARINEBIGHORN SHEEPBLUE GRAMABLUE SPRUCECENTENNIALCOLORADOCOLUMBINE

LARK BUNTINGLONGS PEAKPARKSQUARE DANCESTEGOSAURUSYULE MARBLE

Colorado Word SearchFind the words below in this Colorado themed word search!

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A Rabbit’s A-MAZE-ing Journey Help this rabbit find her carrots by completing the

maze below. Good luck!

Start

Finish

8

Red Fox Color Me!

Did you know not all Red Foxes are red? Some are brown, black or even silver!

9

Great Horned OwlColor Me!

The Great Horned Owl has no horns! It’s named for the tufts of feathers that sit on top of its head, called plumicorns.

10

North American RaccoonColor Me!

Raccoons have very nimble fingers on their front feet that make it easy for them to untie knots, turn doorknobs and even open jars!

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Cottontail RabbitColor Me!

Did you know the Cottontail Rabbit can run up to 35 miles per hour? That’s faster than the speed of a galloping horse!

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I spy... an owl! Color Me!

Sometimes you can spot owls perched in trees in Centennial Center Park. How many owls can you find in the trees below?

Look closely!

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