These interesting facts about Nevada for kids include the Hoover Dam, the Kangaroo Rat, gold mining, and the largest population of wild horses in the US. Find some fun crafts, activities, and books for each state that will engage kids of all ages.
This is part of the 50 states unit study as we travel around America, learning about the history of each state. Check out these Arkansas facts for kids below!
Nevada has a desert climate that gets very hot and very cold in certain months of the year. It’s also covered by the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range and is known as The Silver State. It became the 36th state in 1864 with the capital of Carson City. Enjoy these fun facts and crafts for kids.
Nevada State Facts
Fact One: Hoover Dam offers guided tours and a museum of artifacts of the construction and its workers
Hoover Dam, the largest single public works project in the history of the United States, contains enough concrete to pave a two-lane highway from San Francisco to New York. The dam has been seen in popular movies such as “Viva Las Vegas” and “Fools Rush In.”
Also, The hard hats that we see construction workers wearing today were invented in 1933 for the workers on Hoover Dam.
Here are some fun crafts and activities to do with your kids:
- Create a dam in your backyard with this fun activity.
- Try this Lego water experiment with your kids.
- Read Working With Energy with your kids.
- Get your kids involved in STEM with this Lego Dam Marble Run.
- Make your own Beaver Dam cookies with your kids!
Fact Two: The Kangaroo Rat can live its entire life without drinking a drop of liquid
Found in Death Valley, the Kangaroo Rat is an amazing creature who can live without ever drinking water!
Here are some fun crafts and activities to do with your kids:
- Make this raindrop craft with your kids.
- Use this recipe to make aqua sand for this sensory experience.
- Read Weird & Wild Animal Facts with your kids.
- These underwater soap sensory bottles are great for preschoolers.
- Make your own raindrop suncatchers to hang in your windows.
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Fact Three: Nevada has more mountain ranges than any other state.
The highest point of these mountain ranges is 13,145 feet at the top of Boundary Peak near the west-central border of Nevada.
Here are some fun crafts and activities to do with your kids:
- Paint a watercolor snowy mountain scene with your kids.
- Make torn paper mountain landscape art with this tutorial.
- Read Smoky Mountain Survival (The Campground Kids: National Park Adventures) with your kids.
- Make these fold and print winter reflection paintings.
- Paint watercolor silhouette landscapes with this craft.
Fact Four: Nevada is the largest gold-producing state in the nation.
Nevada was part of the gold rush in the 1800s and is now the largest gold-producing state in the US and only second in the world behind South Africa.
Here are some fun crafts and activities to do with your kids:
- Make glittery gold slime with your preschoolers and older kids.
- Pan for your very own gold in this activity.
- Read Pedro’s Pan: A Gold Rush Story with your kids.
- Grow gold overnight in this fun experiment.
- Build your own mining sluice and mine for gold in your backyard.
Fact Five: Nevada has the largest population of wild horses in the US
With over 46,000 wild horses in Nevada, it reaches over 60% of the wild horse population in the entire United States.
Here are some fun crafts and activities to do with your kids:
- These paper cup horse puppets are fun to make and play with!
- Make this Dala horse party craft.
- Read Face To Face With Wild Horses with your kids.
- Make unicorn and horse finger puppets with your preschoolers.
- This easy toilet paper horse craft is 3-D.
