Click on the Lesson Plans link to peruse our free lesson plans online or click on the appropriate link below to download directly.
Each extensive lesson plan includes experiments and activities for three age groups and worksheets as necessary. We hope you will find them a valuable tool to enhance your trip to the caverns. You will need Adobe Acrobat to open the files. If you don't aleady have Adobe Acrobat, click the "Get Adobe Acrobat" button to download this free software.
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RECOMMENDED LINKS
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CAVE & CAVERN RELATED LINKS
Click on a link to take you to a specific category, or scroll down the page to see every listing: cave education | bat links | cave sites
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Cave Education
Cave Science
The website of Dr. Hazel Burton who starred in the iMAX movie "Journey Into Amazing Caves."
www.cavescience.com/cave_science.htm
Journey Into Amazing Caves
The website of the iMAX movie
www.amazingcaves.com
Nancy's Expedition Diary
A great website for kids by one of the stars of the Journey Into Amazing Caves iMAX movie
www.nancy4caves.net
NOVA's Mysterious Life of Caves, PBS
The companion Web site to the NOVA program "Mysterious Life of Caves."
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/caves
Oakland Museum of California
Cave pages - education & fun - exhibit currently available online only.
www.museumca.org/caves/
The Virtual Cave
www.goodearthgraphics.com/virtcave.html
EDUCYPEDIA
The educational encyclopedia
Lists links for cave painting and petroglyphs around the world
click for link
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Gold and Gold Rush Sites
California Gold Country
Highway 49 Revisited
Information, maps and links taken from the book by Elliot H. Koeppel, available for sale from this website. Click on a town name on the map to take you to information on the diggins & to see present day photos of historic buildings.
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The California Gold Rush
Oakland Museum Exhibition
Exhibit currently available online only.
www.museumca.org/goldrush/
The California Gold Rush
Excellent Public Television portrayal
www.pbs.org/goldrush/
The Gold Institute
National Mining Association, Suite 500 East, 101 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20001.
Ph: (202) 835-0185
Facts, uses, mining etc.
www.goldinstitute.org
Gold Nuggets Resource
P.O. Box 9077, Torrance, CA 90508
Ph: 310-320-7039
Information on buying gold nuggets & gold nugget facts
www.gold-nuggets.org
Gold Rush!
The Sacramento Bee's series on the California Gold Rush
www.calgoldrush.com
Goldsheet Mining Directory
Resource on the gold mine industry
www.goldsheetlinks.com
World Gold Council
HQ: 55 Old Broad Street, London EC2M 1RX, UK
Ph: +44.(0)20.7826.4700
USA Regional Office: 444 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10022
Ph:212.317.3800
Current gold news, internationally
www.gold.org
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Bat Links
Goin Batty
A site put toether by kids on bat education. Full of fun facts, and very kid oriented
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How Stuff Works: BATS
Several good pages on bats including some wonderful photos.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/bat.htm
Bat Conservation International
A must-visit web site dedicated to educating the general public about the value of bats, and conserving bat habitats.
www.batcon.org/
The Bat Crew
This site is packed with information. C.R.E.W. stands for Bat... Conservation, Rescue, Education, Welfare
www.batcrew.com
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Museums / Education
Arizona Mining & Mineral Museum
1502 West Washington St., Phoenix, Arizona 85007
Ph: 602-255-3795
www.admmr.state.az.us/musgen.htm
Black Hills Mining Museum
323 West Main Street, Lead, South Dakota 57754
Ph: 605 584-1605
www.mining-museum.blackhills.com/
*California State Mining & Mineral Museum
Mariposa County Fairgrounds, Highway 49, Mariposa, California 95338
Ph: 209-742-7625
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Mineral Information Institute
501 Violet Street Golden, Colorado 80401
Ph: 303-277-9190
www.mii.org
*The Miners Pick Antiques & Western Hardrock Mining Museum
14207 Highway 49, Amador City, CA 95601
Ph: 209-267-0848
www.minerspick.com
National Mining Hall of Fame & Museum
120 W. 9th, Leadville, Colorado 80461
Ph: 719-486-1229
www.leadville.com/miningmuseum/
Sterling Hill Mining Museum
30 Plant Street, Ogdensburg, New Jersey 07439
Ph: 973 209-7212
www.sterlinghill.org/
World Museum of Mining
155 Museum Way, Butte, Montana 59703
Ph: 406-723-7211
www.miningmuseum.org/
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Cave Sites
Good Earth Graphics Cave Photography
Award-winning cave photographer Dave Bunnell's photo pages from which you can purchase CD-ROMs, slides and stock photography
www.goodearthgraphics.com/under_earth
International Show Caves Association
Largo LeoneXII, 60040 Genga, Ancona, Italy
Ph: +39 0732.972108
www.i-s-c-a.org
Lake Shasta Caverns
20359 Shasta Caverns Rd. (P.O. Box 801), O'Brien, CA 96070
Ph: 530-238-2341
www.lakeshastacaverns.com
*Mercer Caverns
Post Office Box 509, Murphys, CA 95247
Ph: 209-728-2101
www.mercercaverns.com
National Caves Association
P.O. Box 280 , Park City, KY 42160
Ph: 866-552-2837
United States Showcaves
www.cavern.com
The National Speleological Society
2813 Cave Avenue, Huntsville, Alabama
Ph: 256-852-1300
Advancing the study, conservation, exploration & knowledge of caves
www.caves.org
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