Educational Resources:

Many different groups have developed curriculum-based educational programs and web sites geared towards various educational levels. I have divided the links into general categories to help make your search easier.

• General Educational Resources >>More
• Primary Education >>More
• Secondary Education >>More
• Higher Education >>More

Please let me know here if any of the links are broken or if there are any that should be added.

General Educational Resources

National Speleological Society Education Division http://www.caves.org/committee/education/homepage.htm

Project Underground

Project Underground is a source of interdisciplinary instructional activities, and its staff conducts workshops and in-service training programs. These materials and workshops are designed for classroom teachers, cavern, park, museum, and nature center staff, or any youth-oriented group leaders.

http://www.state.va.us/dcr/underground.htm

National Park Service Cave and Karst Knowledge Center http://www2.nature.nps.gov/views/Index_Caveskarst.htm

American Cave Conservation Association Inc.

 http://www.cavern.org/

Bat Conservation International

www.batcon.org/

http://members.aol.com/bats4kids/

California Underground

www.museumca.org/caves

Colorado Grotto Education page http://www.caves.org/grotto/colorado/education.htm

Indiana Karst Conservancy

http://www.caves.org/conservancy/ikc/

The Karst Waters Institute 

http://www.karstwaters.org/

Southeastern Cave Conservancy Inc

http://www.scci.org/

Primary Education

Ball State Electronic Field Trip Exploring the Underground Plumbing System at Carlsbad Caverns. Includes interactive cave exploring game, video broadcasts, and other information. www.bsu.edu/eft/caves

Wind Cave National Park Environmental Education Cave resources at the Park for grades 1-8. http://www.nps.gov/wica/Schools.htm

Electronic Field Trip (Grade 6) to Pictograph Cave State Park http://www.pictographcave.org/educate/rock_art.html

Various games and activities related to the bat. http://members.aol.com/bats4kids2/boxpage1.htm

The National Park Service Park Geology http://www2.nature.nps.gov/geology/

US Geological Society Teacher K-3 Packet on "Caves" http://interactive2.usgs.gov/learningweb/teachers/explorecaves.htm

Water Cycle Activities http://www.hardbargainfarm.org/kidsmainframe.html

 "Water's Journey"- An expedition in Florida that shows how what we do affects what we drink. Has lessons you can download for elementary students http://www.floridasprings.org/expedition/

Resources & K-12 Lessons from "A Window into Edwards Aquifer" http://www.esi.utexas.edu/outreach/caves/resources.php

"Bat" WebQuest http://www.allabery.com/courses/webquest/bats/

Secondary Education

The Adventures of Echo the Bat: remote sensing, food chains, biodiversity. http://imagers.gsfc.nasa.gov

Virginia Earth Science Resource Page http://www.geol.vt.edu/vesr/vesrkarst.html

 "Water's Journey"- An expedition in Florida that shows how what we do affects what we drink. Has lessons you can download for elementary students http://www.floridasprings.org/expedition/

Resources & K-12 Lessons from "A Window into Edwards Aquifer" http://www.esi.utexas.edu/outreach/caves/resources.php

Higher Education

Anchialine Caves and Cave Fauna of the World http://www.tamug.edu/cavebiology/

The Biology of Caves, Karst, and Groundwater http://www.utexas.edu/depts/tnhc/.www/biospeleology/

Cave Biology Links http://www.tamug.edu/cavebiology/links.html

Groundwater Biology Home Page (Italy)

http://www.geocities.com/%7Emediaq/index2.html

"Caves: A Window into the Edwards Aquifer" All kinds of educational links regarding caves, karst, and the Edwards Aquifer. http://www.esi.utexas.edu/outreach/caves/index.php

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