Spelunking: An Amazing Cave Adventure

By Annika, Emily, and JT

Introduction

     Hello Spelunker, I'm your tour guide, Francis-Joe III.  This week you will go spelunking and explore the great wonder of caves.  Come on!

   

 

Task

You will need to know enough about caves to safely spelunk the great Mammoth Cave in Kentucky. You will also need to know what gear you need to spelunk safely.

 

   

Process 

1. Learn all you can about caves and safe spelunking by visiting the websites listed below:

42explore

Caverns

The Virtual Cave

What Is Karst

Explore Caves

Mammoth Cave National Park

 

2. Come back to take the test whenever you are ready.

 

3. Create a report to show someone what you learned like:

Construct A Cave

  Make a Cave Diorama

Build a 3-D Formation

  Write an Internet Book Report

 

Make a Web Page

Paint a Cave Mural

Write a Cave Book

 

Evaluation for the Test

0 or 1 wrong A

2 or 3 wrong B
4 or 5 wrong C
6 or more wrong D

 

If you got a C or D you might want to go back and do it again, but it is your choice.

Conclusion

    "Wow spelunker! You were great! You learned all you needed to know about caves and safe spelunking. I hope you had fun!"

Credits

Pics4Learning

Earth Science World

Dorling Kindersley

 

Play fun games with the links given below.

Kids Page Games

Zipper's Cave Maze

Earth Science

 

Fun Quiz

Kids Page Quiz

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Date Last Updated:April 23, 2008