RADROADTRIPS PASSPORT UTAH! EDITION. Kids Travel Passport Utah Edition

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1 RADROADTRIPS PASSPORT This document is copyrighted by You may reproduce as many copies as you wish for your personal, home use. You may not redistribute, repackage, or resell this work without written consent from the author. UTAH! EDITION Page 44 Page 1

2 HTTP :// AD R OAD T RIPS. COM Completion Checklist Color in the page numbers that were completed in your passport during your Rad Road Trip. Maybe you can work out a deal with the drivers that you get certain rewards for different completion milestones. Last Name / Surname First / Given name Date of Travel A Picture of You <RAD<ROAD<TRIP<TRAVELER<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< < <LOOKING<FOR<ADVENTURE<IN<UTAH<<< Page 2 Page 43

3 Ideas for your Next Road Trip Write down a list of games, activities, songs, or other ideas for your next road trip. What worked well on this road trip and what didn t? List the major stops along your way for your road trip. Check the boxes when you have reached those destinations! Once you get home, feel free to share your ideas or thoughts with us at RadRoad- Trips.com. Get help from an adult to submit your ideas at our website under the Contact Us page. If we feature your experience, game, song, activity, or idea, you ll get credit for it. Who knows, you might even be featured in our next Road Trip Passport! Page 42 Page 3

4 The State of Utah UTAH CITIES The official name of Utah is: The State of Utah. Utah was first organized as a territory of the United States on September 9, The area that makes up Utah was created both partly from an agreement with Mexico and Texas earlier in that year. Utah was added to the Union as an official State on January 4, The current President at the time was President Grover Cleveland. Utah was the 45th State to enter the Union. Utah has 29 counties within the state. Each county has its own government led by a number of County Commissioners Utah is the 11th largest State in the USA. It has an area of 84,990 square miles. The lowest place in Utah is the Beaver Dam at 2,350 feed above sea level. The highest place is King s Peak at 13,528 feet above sea level. Alpine Alta Altamont Alton Amalga American Fork Annabella Antimony Aurora Axtell Ballard Bear River City Beaver Beryl Bicknell Big Water Blanding Bloomington Bluffdale Boulder Bountiful Brian Head Brigham City Cannonville Canyon Rim Castle Dale Castle Valley Cedar City Cedar Fort Cedar Hills Centerfield Centerville Charleston Circleville Clarkston Clawson Clearfield Cleveland Clinton Coalville Corinne Cornish Cottonwood Heights Cove Delta Deweyville Draper Duchesne Dugway East Carbon East Millcreek Elk Ridge Elmo Elsinore Elwood Emery Enoch Enterprise Ephraim Erda Escalante Eureka Fairview Farmington Farr West Fayette Ferron Fielding Fillmore Fort Duchesne Fountain Green Francis Fruit Heights Garden City Garland Genola Glendale Glenwood Goshen Granite Grantsville Green River Gunnison Hanksville Harrisville Hatch Heber City Helper Henefer Henrieville Herriman Hiawatha Highland Hildale Hinckley Holden Holladay Honeyville Hooper Howell Huntington Huntsville Hurricane Hyde Park Hyrum Ivins Jensen Joseph Junction Kamas Kanab Kanarraville Kanosh Kaysville Kearns Keetley Kingston Koosharem La Verkin Laketown Layton Leamington Leeds Lehi Levan Lewiston Lindon Loa Logan Lund Lyman Lynndyl Maeser Magna Mammoth Manila Manti Mantua Mapleton Marysvale Mayfield Meadow Mendon Mexican Hat Midvale Midway Milford Millcreek Millville Minersville Moab Modena Mona Monroe Montezuma Creek Monticello Morgan Moroni Mount Carmel Mount Carmel Junction Mount Olympus Mount Pleasant Murray Myton Naples Neola Nephi New Castle New Harmony Newton Nibley North Logan North Ogden North Salt Lake Oak City Oakley Ogden Ophir Oquirrh Orangeville Orderville Orem Panguitch Paradise Paragonah Park City Parowan Payson Perry Plain City Pleasant Grove Pleasant View Plymouth Portage Price Providence Provo Randlett Randolph Redmond Richfield Richmond River Heights Riverdale Riverton Rockville Roosevelt Roy Rush Valley Salem Salina Salt Lake City Sandy Santa Clara Santaquin Saratoga Springs Scipio Scofield Sigurd Smithfield Snowville Soldier Summit South Jordan South Ogden South Salt Lake South Weber Spanish Fork Spring City Springdale Springville St. George Stansbury Park Sterling Stockton Summit Sunnyside Sunset Syracuse Tabiona Taylorsville Thistle Tintic Tooele Topaz Toquerville Torrey Tremonton Trenton Tridell Tropic Uintah Union Val Verda Vernal Vernon Veyo Vineyard Virgin Wales Wallsburg Washington Washington Terrace Wellington Wellsville Wendover West Bountiful West Jordan West Point West Valley City White City Whiterocks Willard Woodland Hills Woodruff Woods Cross Page 4 Page 41

5 Capture the State! On your trip, try to identify how many state license plates you can see. You can help each other by calling out license plates for everyone to match on their list. Put a checkmark on the states for which you find license plates. Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Page 40 Page 5

6 Utah Government Utah s government mirrors that of the United States federal government in that it has three branches of government: Executive, Legislative, and Judicial. Maze The chief executive of the state is the Governor. The Governor can serve a four year term. He/she can be reelected any number of times. The Governor has a Lieutenant Governor that is also elected. The Lt. Governor takes the place of the Governor in case the Governor leaves the job. The legislative branch consists of two law-making bodies the Senate and the House of Representatives. There are 29 Senators in the State one for each county. The House of Representatives has 75 voting members. The Judicial branch has two major court systems. 1) is the Utah Court of Appeals. 2) is the Utah Supreme Court. The Capitol of Utah is Salt Lake City. Page 6 Page 39

7 Number Blocks A-Maze-ing Utah Logic Number Puzzle There is a four-digit number in which the second digit is one less than the first digit, the third digit is half the second digit, and the fourth digit is three less than the third digit. The second digit is even, and the fourth digit is odd. What is the number? If you need to you can use the boxes below to work out the problem: Answer: 9,841 Page 38 Page 7

8 State Symbols - Part I State Animal: Rocky Mountain Elk sometimes called wapiti by the Shawnee Indians. State Bird: California Seagull The seagulls saved early pioneer crops from hungry crickets during their first year in Utah. After the pioneers prayed for help, the seagulls came and ate the crickets. The pioneers were able to keep their food crops safe. State Cooking Pot: The Dutch Oven Early pioneers cooked with big, heavy, black kettles. Many people in Utah use these at special events or when they go camping. Dutch ovens are used by more people in the Utah than in any other state. State Fish: The Bonneville Cutthroat Trout These fish have a cut, or rather an orange patch of color on their throat. The Cutthroat was adopted as the state fish in It is a fish that has been in Utah since earliest recorded history and was a source of food for Utah Indians and Pioneers. State Flower: The Sego Lily This beautiful flower was selected by the State legislature in During hard times for the pioneers, they would dig up these flowers and eat the root bulbs. BRIGHAM YOUNG How many words can you make from the letters in the word above? Write down as many as you can think of. See who gets the most words. Word Fun Page 8 Page 37

9 Scrambled Utah Cities Unscramble the names of some of Utah s cities below. For some help, feel free to use the list of possible city names. Color the Counties Try to color the counties such that no county has the same color next to each other. ALINPE: EABEVR: EVOC: MOLE: HENOSG: LOYTNA: OGLNA: AROGNM: INEPH: EYPRR: VOOPR: VLILOESWN: EOLTOE: PTZAO: Alpine Beaver Clearfield Cleveland Clinton Coalville Cove Draper Elmo Elsinore Goshen Layton Logan Midvale Millville Morgan Neola Nephi Oakley Paragonah Perry Provo Randlett Salina Snowville Spring City Springdale Tooele Topaz Toquerville Val Verda Vernal Vernon Wendover Page 36 Page 9

10 State Symbols - Part II State Folk Dance: The Square Dance Mormon Pioneers loved to dance and this was on of the most popular types of dances that they would perform together. Dancing was an important form of entertainment for early settlers. Drawing Activity Draw a picture of something you saw in Utah State Fossil: The Allosaurus More allosaurus specimens have been found in Utah than any other dinosaur. The Allosaurus was believed to be a meat-eater that grew to be about 16 feet in height and weighed probably 4 tons (8,000 pounds!) State Fruit: The Cherry Utah is the second largest producer of tart cherries in all of the United States. They are the fifth largest grower for sweet cherries. State Gem: The Topaz This gem is nearly as hard as diamonds. They can be found in a number of places in Utah. State Grass: Indian Ricegrass Yes, Utah also has a state grass! Indian Ricegrass was used by Native Americans in Utah many years ago when food was scarce. They would ground it up and make a special flour out of it so that they could make bread. Page 10 Page 35

11 Hangman Utah Counties - Word Search BEAVER BOXELDER CACHE CARBON DAGGETT DAVIS DUCHESNE EMERY GARFIELD GRAND IRON JUAB KANE MILLARD MORGAN PIUTE RICH SALTLAKE SANJUAN SANPETE SEVIER SUMMIT TOOELE UINTAH UTAH WASATCH WASHINGTON WAYNE WEBER Page 34 Page 11

12 State Symbols - Part III State Insect: The Honey Bee The honey bee is an important insect in the culture and history of early Mormon Pioneers. The original proposed name of the state was to be Deseret which is a Mormon Scriptural word for Honey Bee. State Mineral: Copper Utah has the world s largest open pit mine called the Bingham Canyon Mine. It is a half a mile deep and 2.5 miles wide. 12 million tons of copper have been mined from this location since Claim It! This is a fun game that everyone in the car can participate in. Before the game begins, everyone in the car agrees on a list of animals or other sites that are likely to be seen often on the stretch of road you are traveling. You all then agree on the number of points each animal (or object) that is sighted. You then determine how long the game will run. Everyone watches out for the items. Each time a person sees one of the animals or objects they try to be the first to claim it. Once it is claimed that person gets the points for that specific animal/object. For example, you may choose cows to have 2 pts, birds to have 1 point, and horses to have 5 points. If Person A sites a heard of 20 cows they quickly claim it and they get 40 points. No one else can claim that herd of cows. Use the following grid to design your score key: Animal or Object Points Each State Rock: Coal Coal has been an important source of energy since the industrial revolution. Coal has been found in 17 of Utah s 29 counties. State Tree: The Blue Spruce this tree is commonly found in the large mountain ranges of the northern half of Utah. State Vegetable: The Spanish Sweet Onion Utah farms sell about 100 million pounds of onions every single year! Keep track of your score here: This idea was submitted by Ben Hughes of Provo, UT. Thanks Ben! Page 12 Page 33

13 Logic Puzzle Take the following factual statements and use logic to answer the following question listed below. Avary, Beck, Karli, and Ava were traveling together on a road trip. Each child was told they could eat a snack during their road trip. They had a bag of four different items. Each child could only have one of the items. The bag had a red apple, and orange, a baggie of grapes, and a baggie of cherries. Cryptogram The section below contains a secret phrase. Each of the blanks has a number underneath it. Fill in the letters that correspond to the numbers below the blanks to solve the phrase. At the bottom of the page there is a KEY that lists all the letters from A thru Z with a box below. Each of the letters has a corresponding number to help you keep track of the coded letters that you have deciphered. Try to figure out which fruit each child picked for their snack. Red Apple Orange Grapes Red Cherries Avary Beck Karli Ava Here are your clues: Beck doesn t like fruit that is red Ava only likes Apples and Grapes Avary chose a fruit that was about the size of an adult s fist Beck had to peel his fruit before he could eat it Page 32 Page 13

14 Utah's Pre-History Coloring Activity Utah is rich in archaeological sites. Despite much of the state being in a desert climate, there have been many people and cultures that have settled in the state. The first people that lived in the area are called PaleoIndians. Paleo is the Greek word for Old. Therefore, they are known as the Old Indians. These people hunted animals found in the area such as the Mammoth. About 8,000 years ago, the people in Utah were more nomadic meaning that they stopped and lived in small villages for a period of time and then moved to other areas. Archaeologists have found numerous artifacts from this period including baskets, stone spear tips. The Anasazi and Fremont Indians lived in Utah over 2,000 years ago. They mostly lived in Caves and tents. They were farmers and hunters. Discuss the following items as a group: What is archaeology? What is a Mammoth? What kinds of tools did pre-historic people use? Page 14 Page 31

15 Dot-to-Dot Activity Brain Teaser On a long road trip your parents pass back a bucket of 23 candy bars for all of the passengers. You take seven of the candy bars. Before you pass it on to your sister, you decide that you want a few more so you take half of what s left in the bucket. You start to feel guilty right away, so you put back one third of the candy bars that you had taken out of the bucket. How many candy bars are now in the bucket? See Answer Below: 13 Candy Bars are left in the bucket Sudoku Page 30 Page 15

16 American Indians in Utah Utah had many different Native American tribes calling the land their home during its history. Some of those tribes include the Shoshone, Navajo, Goshute, Paiute, and Ute. Paper Battleship Use the game board below to play against another person in the car. The Navajo Indians were more isolated than the other tribes. They had their own distinct language and raised animals for their food. The other tribes were more like hunters and gatherers. Since the Ute Indian tribe roamed the majority of the land that makes up Utah, the state was named in their honor. There are many Ute Indian tribes on reservations in Utah even today. Ute Indians are well known for their many tribal dances. Once important tribal dance is the Sundance Ceremony. For this ceremony the dancers will go without food and water for four days. This act is believed to be spiritually renewing. DISCUSSION ITEMS: Why are Native Americans called Indians or American Indians? What traditions are important to your own culture or to your family. What is an Indian Reservation? Page 16 Page 29

17 Delicate Arch - Dot-to-Dot The Delicate Arch in Utah is one of the state s most memorable natural land form. It is a formation of sandstone whose more brittle rock was eroded away by weather, water, and wind over thousands of years. Complete the dot-to-dot to see what it looks like. Page 28 Utah City - Stereogram A stereogram is a two-dimensional picture that has a 3-D image hidden in it. To find the hidden image you must turn the page so that these instructions are at the top and then focus your eyes through the paper. Pretend that you are looking through the page to the distant background. This causes you to switch from "near point" to "far point" vision and will allow the hidden image to come into view. Put your face close to the paper. Pretend to look through the passport. Now, very slowly move back from the page and as you do so the image will come into view. This may take several tries. Please be patient, and you will be rewarded with the hidden image. The 3-D image is the name of one of Utah s Cities. Page 17

18 State Motto & Emblem The Emblem of the state of Utah is a Beehive. The beehive ties into earlier pioneer references. When the pioneers came to live in Utah there were very few things for them to use to eat or protect themselves. The pioneers had to be creative and hard working to just stay alive. Bees are known for their hard work and working together for the benefit of the entire hive or group. The early people of Utah adopted the beehive as their emblem for working together to do amazing things. The Motto for the state is very similar to the emblem. The motto is: Industry. Hard work is an important concept to the people of Utah. Utah Facts - Crossword (Part I) =========Across========= 1. Name of the highest point in Utah (two words) 6. The branch of government that the Governor belongs to 8. People that traveled to Utah via covered wagons or handcarts 9. The state flower 10. The state mineral 12. The state motto 14. The name of the Dam that is at the lowest point in all of Utah 16. The state gem 19. The greek word for "old" 20. The month that Utah was added as a territory to the United States 21. The Indian tribe name that Utah was named after 22. The state cooking pot (two words) 24. The branch of the Utah government that is in charge of the courts 25. The state fish 27. The state insect (two words) 28. The capitol of the state of Utah (three words) =========Down========= 2. A special Indian dance that includes having the dancers go without food and water for four days 3. The title (office name) of a person that is a leader of a county 4. The state tree 5. There are 29 of these in the state of Utah - one for every county. They are in the Legislative branch of the government 7. The state animal 11. The state grass 13. The branch of the Utah government that makes a majority of the laws 15. Utah has 29 of these 17. A nickname for the major religion in Utah 18. The state bird 23. The state fruit 24. The month that Utah was added as an official State of the United States 26. The state rock What Utah City is Real? The following game uses a mix of real life names of cities in Utah mixed in with some fake city names. The object of the game is to make up two or three funny city names and then include them with one real city name. Have the people in the car try to guess which name is actually the name of a real city. There is a list of Cities in Utah at the back of this trip passport. Use that to get your real city names and make up other names to try to trick everyone else. It is against the rules to use the City Name list to help guess between real and fake names. Quotebox Puzzle To solve Quote Boxes, drop the letters from each vertical column not necessarily in the order in which they appear into the empty squares below them to spell a quotation that reads from left to right, line by line. Black squares indicate ends of words (spaces). This is part of Utah s State Song Page 18 Page 27

19 Mad Lib Story (Part II) Utah Facts - Crossword (Part II) Read the story, filling in the words that were entered on the previous page. Page 26 Page 19

20 Mormons & Utah Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are often referred to as the Mormons. Mad Lib Story (Part I) Fill words into the following spaces below. Once you have words on this page, have someone read the story on the next page, filling in the blanks with your words. The Mormons were a new religious group that was started in the eastern United States. As the Mormon religion grew larger, many people began to worry about the new religion. The leader, Joseph Smith, was killed in Illinois and members of the new church were told to leave the state. In the winter of 1846 thousands of Mormons, led by Brigham Young, loaded wagons and handcarts and started a difficult trek to the west of the United States where they could be free from the unfair treatment of the people around them. The first group of Mormons arrived in what is now Salt Lake City in The Mormons were the major settlers in Utah. The Mormon Pioneers struggled to make the desert land productive and safe. Once they established a safe area in Salt Lake, the Mormons spread out to settle all over the state. Utah was a place that the Mormons felt they could practice their religion in safety. Today, Mormons still make up the largest religion in the State. Page 20 Page 25

21 Dot-to-Dot Connect the dots to discover one of the fun activities that people do in Utah Coloring Activity: Salt Lake Temple If you visit Salt Lake City during your trip through Utah, you cannot miss seeing the center-piece of the city the Salt Lake City Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The structure was built at great sacrifice by the early Mormon pioneers. It took 40 years for them to complete. Page 24 Page 21

22 Mental Math GAME RULES: All computations are to be done mentally. There is to be no writing on paper, on their hands, on the car, etc. Participants may write invisibly in the air and/or use their fingers and body parts. Talking is outlawed. Also, no calculators are allowed. THE PROCESS Read a list of computations slowly allowing everyone to make the calculations in their head. When you are finished with all of the questions, ask if anyone would like a problem repeated. Once you have finished a list of computations, tell everyone to write down their answer. Have everyone read their answer out loud to see who all got the right answer. SAMPLE COMPUTATIONS 10 / * 2 20 (The answer would be 10.) Ad Lib Story Telling Have a person in the car start a story that takes place somewhere in Utah. After just a few sentences that person then points to someone else to continue the story. Everyone continues adding to the story and then chooses someone else to take over. Keep this up as long as you can. Let your hair down and really make up some creative, funny tales! What If? Do this activity as a group in the vehicle. Answer the following What if scenario and have everyone in the car answer the question as it applies to them. Write your answers from the various rounds in the spaces provided below Alphabet Game The object of the game is to get as far as you can down the alphabet naming items that belong to a particular category. For example, someone chooses a topic such as Places, Food, Names, Cars, Instruments, Stores, Sports, Stars, Sports Stars, or Family Members. The group goes around in circle. The first person names an item within the topic that starts with the letter A. The next person has to then come up with a name or item in the category that begins with the letter B, and so on. When someone is unable to come up with a word, they fall out and the next person has to come up with a word for that same letter. If no one is able to come up with a word for that letter, then all those that were unable to come up with a word for that letter start on a new letter. However, if someone is able to come up with a word for that letter, then those that could not are out of the game. The play continues until only one person remains or the group has reached the end of the alphabet. Page 22 Page 23