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Journey Into Amazing Caves
(2001)
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Elementary School, Middle School, High School
Documentary
Science : Biology
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40 minutes
Cincinnati Museum Center
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Summary
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Into the hidden caves within the Grand Canyon, 500 feet down into the icy blue depths of ice caves
in Greenland, deep in the underwater caverns and caves in the jungles of the Yucatan, we follow
two “cavers” whose thirst for adventure grows with each expedition. Yet they are not just
adventurers, they are scientists in search of microscopic creatures who live in these remote
places—creatures called extremophiles. For these scientists who are compelled to push their limits
in hostile environments, the thrill of new discovery make cave exploration—and your suspenseful,
vivid witness of it—an awe-inspiring experience!
Vocabulary (Grades 1-12)
Try the following activities with the vocabulary words to the right. Depending
on the age and ability of your students, they may be able to complete
assignments from multiple grade levels.
1-2:
Ask your students to copy the following words in alphabetical order,
and to describe each of the words verbally. Practice spelling.
3-5:
Look up each word in a dictionary, and write down its definition.
Write each word in a sentence, or write a paragraph using the words.
6-8:
Write a description or review about this DVD using the vocabulary
words. Above each vocabulary word, write N if it is a noun, V if it is a
verb; ADJ if it is an adjective; ADV if it is an adverb.
Vocabulary
Extremophiles
Microbes
Organisms
Microbiology
Residue
Crystallize
Limestone
Halocline
Stalactites
Stalagmites
9-12: Write down words you hear in the video you don’t understand. Break
the words into parts and see if you can determine the meanings. Look
up the meanings.
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Discussion Questions
Ask students to read through their questions carefully before watching the film, and take notes
during the film. After watching it, ask students to write their answers to the following questions on
a separate piece of paper.
Learning Styles: Auditory, Verbal
Intelligences: Verbal/Linguistic, Interpersonal
Elementary
1. What places did the cave explorers go to?
2. What type of gear do the cave divers need to wear or bring?
3. What are stalactites and stalagmites? What are the differences between the two?
Intermediate / Advanced
2. Where was the medicine Penicillin found?
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3. How are caves formed?
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1. What causes the river in the Grand Canyon to turn so blue?
4. What happens when water leaves a residue of minerals behind when it dries?
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5. What happens when the sun heats the ice at the North Pole?
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6. What were the ancient Mayan temples built on?
7. What precautions does Hazel take when cave diving?
8. How do cave divers get through really tight cave openings?
9. Why is the rainforest an important source of new medicine?
10. What is halocline?
11. What are haloclines potentially helping to find a cure for?
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Lessons & Activities
Bats’ Homes! Caves and Other Places
Subjects:
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Visual/Auditory/Experiential/Kinesthetic
Concepts:
You will learn about the different types of places bats call home.
Lesson:
In this DVD, Nancy shows her second grade students a bat that lived in a cave she was exploring.
Where else do bats live? They live also live in trees, houses and other buildings, and under
bridges. The Web sites listed here will introduce you to bats and the many places bats live.
Let's go on a field trip to a bat cave! (K-8)
http://web.archive.org/web/20030803190209/http://www.torstar.com/rom/batcave/cave/cave
1.html
Visit the Royal Ontario Museum's bat cave exhibition.
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Echolocation (K-5)
http://web.archive.org/web/20050301072238/http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/ga
mes/teacher/batty/
In this story, the kids accidentally turn themselves into BatKids, and discover how bats "see"
with their ears to fly at night; how, as mammals, they care for their babies; and that bats
mostly eat bugs. Bats aren't so creepy after all.
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Bats: Fact and Fiction (K-5)
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/nttidb/lessons/as/batsas.html
An extendable lesson plan for grades 2-4 from WNETSchool.
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Bat Research (9-12)
Read reports from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Division of Endangered Species)
available at http://ecos.fws.gov/servlet/TESSWebpageVipListed?code=V&listings=0#A to
research endangered bats. Provide information about the species, including an illustration,
a map showing the species’ location, its habitat, and why it is endangered.
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Additional Resources:
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Bats in the Classroom http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson031.shtml
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What Kinds of Homes Do They Have?
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http://web.archive.org/web/20050125205125/http://members.aol.com/bats4kids/homes.htm
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Bat Species: Natural History http://www.batcon.org/
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Bat Hangouts: Discovery Channel
http://web.archive.org/web/20020213090515/http://www.discovery.com/news/features/bats/
bats.html
Books:
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Bernard, Robin. Bats. Scholastic Trade. ISBN: 0590106171(Grades 1-3)
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Moore, Eva, and Ted Enik (Illustrator). Scholastic's A Magic Schoolbus Science Chapter
Book #1 The Truth About Bats. ISBN 0439107989
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Krulik, Nancy E., Bruce Degen, Joanna Cole, and Bob Ostrom, (Illustrator). The Magic
School Bus Going Batty: A Book About Bats. Scholastic Trade. ISBN:0590738720
Learn More! Books and Online Resources
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BOOKS
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Cave
by Diane Siebert, HarperCollins Children's Books; ISBN: 068816448X
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Caves: Hidden World (First Discovery Book)
by Claude Delafosse, Cartwheel Books; ISBN: 043910680X
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Caves: Exploring Hidden Realms
by Michael Ray Taylor, Ronal C. Kerbo, National Geographic Society; ISBN: 0792279042
The Cave Divers
by Robert F. Burgess, Aqua Quest Pubn; ISBN: 1881652114
ONLINE RESOURCES
USGS: Exploring Caves
http://web.archive.org/web/20060126212215/http://interactive2.usgs.gov/learningweb/teachers/exp
lorecaves.htm
Exploring Caves is an interdisciplinary set of materials on caves for grades K-3. Caves entail at
least five scientific disciplines: earth science, hydrology, mapping, biology, and anthropology.
The Virtual Cave
http://web.archive.org/web/20060110210126/http://www.goodearthgraphics.com/virtcave.html
Learn about solution, lava tube, erosion and sea caves at this well designed, fascinating site.
The Origins of Limestone Caves
http://web.archive.org/web/20040215151607/http://www.icr.org/pubs/imp/imp-079.htm
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This e-paper is an excellent source of information for older students on the history, formation and
development of limestone, or solution caves.
Caving Notes for Beginners
http://web.archive.org/web/20050214183131/http://www.caveinfo.org.uk/nca/begin.htm
Read all about safety issues related to caving.
Cave Diving Resource Center
http://web.archive.org/web/20020206074726/http://cavediving.com/resource/index.htm
See beautiful photo galleries of Mexico and Florida, and learn about equipping divers for
underwater caves!
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Gander Academy’s Cave Theme Page
http://web.archive.org/web/20060207024632/www.cdli.ca/CITE/cave.htm
Cave plants, animals, cave types, caves around the world, and more!
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Glossary of Biospeleology
http://www.utexas.edu/depts/tnhc/.www/biospeleology/glossary.htm
This glossary is taken mostly from "The Life of the Cave," by Charles E. Mohr and Thomas L.
Poulson, 1966, McGraw-Hill, with permission of the author.
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Stone Waterfalls and Cave Carrots: Speleothems
http://web.archive.org/web/20040427035838/http://www.umsl.edu/~joellaws/ozark_caving/mss/spe
leotm.htm
Speleothems, or cave formations, are discussed at length in this interesting article.
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DISCUSSION QUESTIONS ANSWER KEY:
Elementary
1. The Grand Canyon, the North Pole, Mexico
2. Underwater lights, air tanks, masks, rope, diving suit
3. Stalactites: a deposit of calcium carbonate (as calcite) resembling an icicle hanging from the
roof or sides of a cavern; Stalagmites: a deposit of calcium carbonate formed on the floor of a
cave by the drip of calcareous water. Stalagmites grow up, stalactites grow down!
Intermediate / Advanced
1. Limestone
2. In the mold found in rotten cheese.
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3. Start when ground water picks up carbon dioxide from the surrounding ground, and then
dissolves the rock around it.
4. It crystalizes
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5. It melts and creates rivers that cut into the ice crevasses to make deeper caves.
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6. Limestone plateaus
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7. They put arrows on their line to guide them back, and they always turn around when 1/3 of their
air is used up.
8. They push their air tanks through first, and then fit through themselves.
9. Because of its biological diversity.
10. A vertical gradient of salinity, often in the ocean, that has a blurry or oily appearance.
11. Leukemia
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