This year we are celebrating Virginia Cave Week along with Earth Day, April 22, 2008.
Teachers!
Write to Carol Zokaities [Karst Education Coordinator]
Carol.Zokaites@dcr.virginia.gov
(540) 394-2552] to have Cave Week information sent to you.
| Earth Day Links | Cave Links |
Earth Science Week Links "No Child Left Inside" |
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| http://www.earthday.gov/ | "Bats Activity Guide" [National Wildlife Federation] http://www.nwf.org/outside/pdfs/batguide.pdf |
RESOURCES FOR YOUR CLASSES:: American Geological Institute "Earth Science Week October 12-18, 2008": http://www.earthsciweek.org/forteachers/classroomactivities.html "No Child Left Inside" |
| Ways for children to "go green" http://holidays.kaboose.com/earth-day/earth-day-guide.html |
NASA "the Story Echo the Bat"; read story and trace his route on "The
Adventure of Echo the Bat" http://science.hq.nasa.gov/kids/imagers/intro/story.html |
AGI - http://www.earthsciweek.org/forplanners/gettinginvolved/leadafieldtrip.html for information on leading field trips. |
| EPA- School Earth Day links http://www.epa.gov/earthday/classroom.htm |
Click on link to see a 3-D rendering model of two caves http://www.carto.net/neumann/caving/3dmodels/index.shtml |
American Geological Institute(AGI) Earth Science Week 2004,2005 and 2006 Kits ($4.95) - http://www.earthsciweek.org/materials/index.html ; |
| "Magnificent Ground Water Connection" {US EPA} http://www.epa.gov/region01/students/teacher/groundw.html |
Project Underground - http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/underground.shtml | |
| Celebraste Earth Day with a visit UNDER the Earth: Checck out these links
to schedule field trips to local commercial caves. http://www.virginiacaves.org/showcaves.html |
AIMS Books “Bats Incredible” (See #1125 in list under AIMS Publications- at the elementary grade levels). - http://wwws.aimsedu.org/aims_store/home.php?cat=32 | |
| WebQuest: Check out "Unit 6" http://www.sunnysidescience.com/newpage2.htm |
MUSEUM LINKS Virginia Living Museum - http://www.thevlm.org/teacherscorner/programs/sciencesafaris.php |
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| "Sinkhole in a Cup" - http://www.earthsciweek.org/forteachers/sinkholes.html#Questions This lesson was adapted from the one in the Project Underground Activity Guide . |
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| http://www.cavebiology.com - http://www.nps.gov/ozar/skindeep.htm | ||
| Cave Biota has some wonderful videos which show cave creatures in their natural habitat. You can order a DVD from this site, or, if you get permission, you may be able to download video clips for use in your classroom. http://www.cavebiota.com/ | ||
| Cave Biology: http://www.cavebiology.com | ||
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University of Texas biospeleology |
Earth Day Resources |
Cave Resources | Science Resources |
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| History of Earth Day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Day |
STATE BAT INFORMATION Links to find information about the Virginia Big Eared Bat: State Bat: http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/bats/va_big_eared_bat.htm Fact sheet info: http://www.biology.eku.edu/bats/vabigearbat.htm |
Virginia Master Naturalist Program: http://www.virginiamasternaturalist.org |
| NSS Learn about Caves - http://caves.org/committee/education/index.htm | Earth Science, In National Parks - http://www2.nature.nps.gov/geology/esw/index.htm | |
| Living on Karst by the CCV - http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural_heritage/livingonkarst.shtml | ||
| Virginia Speleological Survey - http://www.virginiacaves.org |
| Virtual Cave Tours |
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| "The Virtual Cave" and lesson plan for the cave http://www.goodearthgraphics.com/virtcave/ http://www.teachersdomain.org/resources/ess05/sci/ess/earthsys/virtmap/index.html |
| "The Caves of Lascaux" http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en/ |
| Virtual tour of Colassal Cave http://www.colossalcave.com/cavetour.html |
| Virtual tour of Lechuguilla Cave http://www.resurgentsoftware.com/Lech.html |
| Small panorama tour of a cave entrance in West Virginia. http://cavingintro.net/vr_caving.html |
| Visit a cave in another country. Look carefully on the pages to find the
English translations. http://www.burger.si/QTVR/Jame/KriznaJama/KriznaJamaENG.html |
| Visit Wakulla Springs in Florida http://www.floridasprings.org/exploration/featured/wakulla/ |
| virtual tour of the Marble Arch Caves in the UK. http://www.fermanagh.gov.uk/cavesvirtualtour/ |
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