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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Cave Formation

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart asks students to label diagrams showing the stages of cave formation.
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PBS

Pbs Nova: The Mysterious Life of Caves

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Sea Caves

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Have you ever seen a sea cave? This site provides a photograph, fun facts and additional links to resources on these amazing natural resources.
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Making a Cave

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity simulates the way that dissolution, a chemical weathering process, leads to the formation of caves.
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PBS

Nova: Jewel of the Underground

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Other

National Caves Association

For Students 3rd - 8th
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.
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Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: The Cave Twins

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: The White Cave

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Curated OER

Unesco: United States of America: Mammoth Cave National Park

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Extreme Science

Extreme Science: World Records in Earth Science

For Students 3rd - 8th
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.
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Curated OER

Unesco: Algeria: Tassili N'ajjer

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Curated OER

Unesco: Korea: Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes

For Students 9th - 10th
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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