Karst Resource Packet An good site with excellent visuals. Be sure to see "Karst: The Movie". Its well worth the download wait.

http://www.watersheds.org/teacher/rd.htm

About Caves - A good summary about caves with lesson plan and activities included

http://www.scsc.k12.ar.us/ParkerA/introduction.htm

Cavern Geology Lesson

http://www.caverntours.com/classroom/cgp1.htm

Cavern Life Lesson

http://www.caverntours.com/classroom/cgp1.htm

People and Caverns

http://www.caverntours.com/classroom/pcp1.htm

Project Underground - A source of interdisciplinary instructional activities.

Its staff conducts workshops and in-service training programs. These materials and workshops are designed for classroom teachers, cavern, park, museum, and nature center staff, or any youth-oriented group leaders.

http://www.dcr.state.va.us/underground.htm

Educational Cave Tours by the American Cave Conservational Association

http://www.cavern.org/hrc/education.php

On-line Student Field trip to Pictograph Cave State Park, Billings Montana

http://www.pictographcave.org/educate/educator.html

Karst Topography Paper Models

http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/docs/parks/cave/karstmodel.html

A Teachers Guide to Caves

http://www.nps.gov/ozar/skindeep.htm

The Science of Caves - Overview on what caves are and how they form. Lesson includes module to illustrate how caves are dissolved in limestone.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/theme/caves01.htm

An activities web site offered by Cave of the Winds, Colorado

http://www.caveofthewinds.com/test/kidpage.html

An introduction to cave archeology. Modules include good lessons on how human impact affects caves. Visit the Paleolithic cave at Lascaux.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/theme/caves02.htm

Students build a model mountain and observe effects of rain on Karst topography

http://askeric.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Science/Geology/GLG0001.html

Creating your own "ancient cave paintings"

http://saintlouisartfair.com/cave.html

Karst educational Resources of Minnesotta

National Resources of Minnesotta

Paper models of karst features: Templates for these models that were created by USGS Scientist Tau Rho Alpha. They can be downloaded from here, along with teaching materials. Select OFR97-536-A http://www.interactive2.usgs.gov/learningweb/teachers/paper_models.htm

More Than Skin Deep, A Teacher's Guide to Caves And Groundwater: This teachers guide was created by the National Park Service. It focuses on the Ozark Mountain region of the United States, but has other useful information too.

http://www.nps.gov/ozar/skindeep.htm

Bat Thematic Unit - Ozarks

http://www.nps.gov/ozar/cavelife.html