Whitewater Rush: Water Cycle & Watershed Adventure

Follow one drop of water on the wildest ride on Earth.

This is not an ordinary water-cycle kit.

Whitewater Rush combines real specimen excavation, an interactive river adventure, an escape room, a scavenger hunt, a treasure hunt, collectible characters, trading cards, a watershed map, and an online educational experience—all along an incredible journey from the clouds to the ocean.

Young explorers begin high in the mountains, where water gathers as snow, rain, and rushing streams.

But the Grumblins have blocked waterways, disrupted the watershed, and hidden the Gemlets from the mountain peaks to the river mouth.

To rescue them, kids must follow the water map, choose routes, solve challenges, capture the Grumblins, and uncover real rocks, minerals, and fossils from their Mystery Dig.

Every mission follows water through evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff, groundwater, rivers, and oceans.

They are not simply drawing arrows around a diagram.

They are riding the entire cycle.

One Kit. One Wild Water Adventure.

Whitewater Rush combines:

• Real specimen excavation
• Pick-your-own-path river storytelling
• Escape-room-style water challenges
• Watershed scavenger hunts
• River treasure hunts
• Map-based exploration
• Collectible characters
• Trading cards
• A simple trading card game
• Interactive online gameplay
• Free printable educational resources

Kids travel from clouds to mountains, waterfalls, rivers, wetlands, groundwater, and the ocean.

Every drop follows a path.

Every landform changes the flow.

Every mission reveals how water connects the entire world.

What’s Inside

• 1 Mystery Dig containing an assortment of six real rocks, minerals, and fossils
• 1 articulated adventure character
• 1 collectible clicker character
• 10 collectible game-piece characters
• 12 illustrated trading cards
• Whitewater Rush watershed map
• Interactive online adventure
• Escape-room-style missions and challenges
• Scavenger hunt and treasure hunt activities
• Trading card game instructions
• Water cycle, river, and watershed activities
• Access to free printable educational resources

Discover What Water Leaves Behind

Inside the Mystery Dig are six genuine rocks, minerals, and fossils waiting to be excavated.

Kids examine how water shapes, carries, sorts, and deposits Earth materials while identifying the real specimens in their collection.

The Mystery Dig helps kids connect moving water to the rocks, sediment, fossils, and landscapes they see around them.

Capture the Grumblins. Rescue the Gemlets.

The Grumblins have hidden the Gemlets throughout the watershed.

Kids must follow the movement of water, solve each challenge, and capture the Grumblins from the mountain source to the sea.

Every rescued Gemlet becomes a collectible game piece. The river will not run freely until the final Grumblie has been defeated.

Play Online and in the Real World

Whitewater Rush connects hands-on excavation with an online river journey.

Kids use their watershed map, cards, characters, specimens, and clues while following the path of water through an interactive story.

It feels like a whitewater expedition, escape room, treasure hunt, science adventure, and gem mine combined.

Educational Without Feeling Educational

Whitewater Rush helps children explore:

• The water cycle
• Evaporation
• Condensation
• Precipitation
• Runoff
• Groundwater
• Rivers
• Watersheds
• Erosion and deposition
• Critical thinking

Kids learn where water goes because following it is the key to completing the adventure.

Welcome to Excavating Adventures

Where real discoveries unlock incredible worlds.

Follow the water. Capture the Grumblins. Rescue the Gemlets. Complete the rush.

Join Excavating Adventures and experience the world’s greatest gem-mining adventure.