More Than Skin Deep: A Teacher's Guide to Caves

Designed to provide teachers with the resources to educate students about caves, their formation, related life science, and about cave safety.

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• Masonboro Island: One of the four sites of the North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve. Interpreter led field trips must be reserved two seasons ahead. This is a favorite field trip for many teachers.
• Fort Fisher State Recreation Area: The Fort Fisher program introduces students to the habitat and life history of "colonial-nesting coastal birds." The program also focuses on endangered, threatened and special-concern bird species.

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• Learn more about American government, County, bats, biology and life science, caves, general, science, stalactites, and stalagmites.

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Available as a print resource, the Teacher’s Guide to Caves provides scientific information on the formation and existence of caves as well as related ecology, geology, and hydrology.

Information pages provide details on topics related to the science of caves. Topics include the formation of stalactites, the formation and the biology of caves, and bats in caves.

Activity pages offer suggestions for projects teachers can have classes work on individually or in groups. Each activity includes an outline, materials list, and anticipated duration. Examples of activities include both make your own stalactite and make your own cave.

General information about the park system, including parks as field trips, is available through this site, too.