Science Topics

Bats

The Bat Conservation International has many links and information about bats. Look on their Table of Contents, on the left of their screen.

The Adventures of Echo the Bat is an interactive site. Students follow Echo The Bat as he migrates through Arizona. (Teacher's Guides)

Bat World Sanctuary is an undated copyrighted website that is based in Mineral Wells TX. They have all kinds of facts, information about bat rescue, and even a "Kid's Page".

Cave Archeology

Archeology of Amistad National Recreational area
http://www.nps.gov/amis

Archeology at Mammoth Cave
http://www.nps.gov/maca

Yucatan (Mexico) Peninsula
http://www.cavedive.com/

Cave Biology

The Biology of Caves, Karst, and Groundwater
http://www.utexas.edu/depts/tnhc/.www/biospeleology/

Cave Ecology

Selected Resources for Biology 143: Cave Ecology
http://www6.wittenberg.edu/lib/class/caveecology.php

Cave Geology

Cave Formations on Navassa Island (near Haiti / Cuba)
http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/navassa/geology/

Cave / Karst Hydrology

Groundwater Information Pages
http://water.usgs.gov/ogw/

Earth's Water: Ground Water
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/mearthgw.html

Cave Life

Cavern Classroom, about cave life at Howe Caverns.
http://www.howecaverns.com/kids_stuff/cavernclass1.php

A good site on critters found in caves. Marengo Cave.
http://www.marengocave.com/schools/cave_life.php

While it does talk about the "Life of Caves" this NOVA site contains info on 'extremophiles'. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/caves/extremophiles.html

Earth Science

American Geological Institute
GREAT source to find geology and earth science information
http://www.agiweb.org/index.html

Digital Library for Earth System Education
Enter "caves" in the search box- over 49 links show up.
http://www.dlese.org/dds/index.jsp

Earth Science Week
Activities for Earth Science Week, held every October, from Earth Science World. Will help in planning. http://www.earthscienceworld.org/week/

NASA's Earth Science search results for "caves"
http://search.nasa.gov/nasasearch/search/search.jsp?nasaInclude=caves