Labs & Activities

These labs & activities are available for download to use in your classroom with your students. The following table shows which grade level TEKS each activity has been correlated with. Please note that almost all the activities can be modified to meet TEKS for other grade levels.

アクティビティ	活動の概要	科目	学年レベル
ツアー同行ガイド	A guide for teachers detailing the entire Discovery Tour at Natural Bridge Caverns.	化学	全て
水門仕分け	Students will use their findings from their bags of mining rough to group the rocks based on their properties and characteristics.	化学	K-1
コウモリには洞窟が必要だ	Students will play a game to simulate how human impact can affect the habitat of bats.	Science & English	K-2
カップのシンクホール	Students will learn how sinkholes form as well as the impact humans can have on the groundwater supply.	化学	K-8
過去からの手がかり	Students will simulate the work of archaeologists as they look for artifacts to describe the types of communities that different prehistoric groups lived in.	Social Studies & Archaeology	2-8
動く岩	Students will physically manipulate clay models to demonstrate changes in the Earth’s crust.	化学	3-8
土壌の種類を分析する	Students will compare the properties of different soil types including texture, particle size, and the amount of time it takes for water to move through the different soil types.	化学	4
ロックサイクルのモデル化	Students will use crayons to model the processes that create igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rock.	化学	4-7
消える岩	Students will drip vinegar onto rocks to demonstrate the weathering effect of a weak acid on limestone.	化学	4-8
岩石と鉱物	Students will observe rock and mineral samples to learn about the basic properties of minerals and the three different types of rocks.	化学	4-8
シークレットシンク	Students will work together as city planners to design a community. They must take into account the needs of community members, businesses and the environmental impact on the land itself.	Science & Social Studies	6-8
地下水の分析	Students will compare the properties of different soil types including texture and particle size and the amount of time it takes for water to move through the different soil types. Students will relate the filtration rates to pollution and learn about aquifers and the impact humans can have on them.	化学	7
地形図の作成	Students will use clay models of a landscape to create a topographical map.	化学	8
Cave Age Formation Estimation	Students will investigate actual growth rates of two flowstone formations—one from Inner Space Cavern and one from Natural Bridge Caverns. Students will graph differences in growth rates for each formation to explore variations in past climates. They will then estimate the size of each formation using a scaled photograph. Combining the formation’s size and the average growth rate, they will predict the age of the entire formation; such age estimation will provide a better understanding of the dissolution and deposition processes within a karst environment.	Science & Math	8 & Earth Systems