ClassFlow
Class Flow: Cave Formation
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart asks students to label diagrams showing the stages of cave formation.
PBS
Pbs Nova: The Mysterious Life of Caves
Companion to a PBS program in the Nova series. There are wonderful photos of the Lechuguilla cave system in New Mexico, and some new information on how caves are formed.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Sea Caves
Have you ever seen a sea cave? This site provides a photograph, fun facts and additional links to resources on these amazing natural resources.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Making a Cave
This activity simulates the way that dissolution, a chemical weathering process, leads to the formation of caves.
PBS
Nova: Jewel of the Underground
Take a virtual tour of Lechuguilla, a cave discovered in 1986, which turns out to be one of the biggest in the Americas. Twelve different pictures of interesting formations reveal the reason the park service has decided to keep it off...
Other
National Caves Association
The National Caves Association provides a directory of caves in the United States. This directory is in alphabetical order by state. It also answers frequently asked questions and provides helpful links.
Open Library of the Internet Archive
Open Library: The Cave Twins
This ebook version of Lucy Fitch Perkins's The Cave Twins has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
Open Library of the Internet Archive
Open Library: The White Cave
This ebook version of William Osborn Stoddard's The White Cave has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
Curated OER
Unesco: United States of America: Mammoth Cave National Park
Mammoth Cave National Park, located in the state of Kentucky, has the world's largest network of natural caves and underground passageways, which are characteristic examples of limestone formations. The park and its underground network...
Extreme Science
Extreme Science: World Records in Earth Science
What is the highest elevation on earth? How about the driest place on earth? Do you know where the greatest earthquake took place? Let Extreme Science take you to these places and other extreme places around the world.
Curated OER
Unesco: Algeria: Tassili N'ajjer
Located in a strange lunar landscape of great geological interest, this site has one of the most important groupings of prehistoric cave art in the world. More than 15,000 drawings and engravings record the climatic changes, the animal...
Curated OER
Unesco: Korea: Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes
Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes together comprise three sites that make up 18,846 ha. It includes Geomunoreum, regarded as the finest lava tube system of caves anywhere, with its multicoloured carbonate roofs and floors, and...
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