The National Park Service

 More Than Skin Deep

A Teacher's Guide

to Caves
 

This online edition of our teacher's guide to caves is an abridged version of the print edition. Please contact us for a free copy of the print version.

We hope you will take advantage of this resource to provide some advance information to your students before visiting Round Spring Caverns.

Ozark National Scenic Riverways also offers a variety of activities for teachers involving subjects other than caves. Please see our Environmental Education page for details.

 INFORMATION PAGES

 ACTIVITIES
 Visiting With Your Class  Comparing Bats & Birds
 About National Parks  Make Your Own Cave
 How Caves Form  Does It Make Scents? (Bats)
 How Stalactites Form  Turmoil in Town (Critical thinking)
 The Biology of Caves  Seepy Sandwich (Groundwater)
 A Bit About Bats  Making Waves (Bats)
 Cave Safety  Clay Cave (Cave Formation)
 Glossary of Cave & Karst Terms Make Your Own Stalactite 

 

A few useful links for teachers:

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