Learning Web
Have a geology question? Check out this site at this site for students and teachers from the USGS. You can ask a geologist your question; learn about careers in science; or learn more about rocks, natural hazards, water, ecosystems, and natural resources. You'll also find games, maps, images, and science glossaries and teachers will find lesson plans activities and other learning tools and resources.
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Exploring Caves
This teaching packet for grades K-3 from the USGS integrates earth science, hydrology, mapping, biology, and anthropology and includes handouts. The guide is also available in PDF form.
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Carlsbad National Park High School Geology Curriculum Guide
While emphasizing the regional geology of Carlsbad Caverns National Park and cavern formation, it also provides a general overview of geologic history and processes. Lessons include field trip trips to the Permian strata and caverns in conjunction with hands-on, introductory college-style laboratories to provide background geologic concepts. A glossary, maps, photos, and additional resources are also provided.
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Caves, Canyons, Cactus, and Critters
This middle school curriculum guide is geared toward the geology of Carlsbad Caverns National Park but it is applicable to other parts of the country. The curriculum includes six units focusing on the development of the Delaware Basin and Captain Reef, plate tectonics, uplift and mountain building, the role of anaerobic bacteria in the formation of caves in Carlsbad Caverns National Park, weathering and erosion, and the origin of various cave formations.
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About Bats, Caves, and Deserts
This elementary curriculum guide provides basic background information on bats, caves and deserts and includes supplemental activities to enrich each unit relating to history, geology, bats, animals, plants, fire, and stewardship.
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Earth
In this unit for grade one, students learn about the earth's surface: its features, the soil, and the air and water.
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Earthquakes and Volcanoes
In this unit for grade six, students consider the causes and effects of earthquakes and volcanoes.
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Fossils and Rocks
This unit of study for grade four integrates earth science and life science as students gain an understanding of the processes of rock formation and study fossils to learn more about geologic time.
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