Video – Caves LIVE: Bringing Caves and Karst to Light
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A world of wonder awaits just below the surface. "CavesLIVE: Bringing Caves and Karst to Light" explores cave ecology, geology, hydrology, and conservation, as well as human uses of caves. Specially adapted animals, beautiful mirror pools, sparkling crystals, domed caverns, and twisting tunnels lie just below our feet in many areas around the world and even on other planets! Caves provide just one connection between our everyday lives and this rich underground ecosystem. Learn how we are connected to these amazing underground resources.
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Social Studies Standards are educational guidelines outlining the essential knowledge, skills, and concepts students should learn in subjects such as history, geography, civics, and economics, aiming to provide a comprehensive understanding of societal structures, historical events, and global perspectives.
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People, Places, and Environments
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Science, Technology, and Society
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Time, Continuity, and Change
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Amtchat Edwards
Amtchat works in Conservation Education and has over 20 years of environmental education experience with grades K-12, their educators, and the public. He works to blend entertainment, education, and calls-to-action,...View Profile -
Fernando Hernandez
Fernando Hernandez grew up in Monterrey, Mexico where he loved to search for fossils and peek underneath rocks to see what kind of bugs lived there. Eventually, his interest in...View Profile -
Johanna Kovarik
Hello Everyone! I’ve worked for the Forest Service for over 15 years, and I just recently became a District Ranger on the Paulina Ranger District of the Ochoco National Forest...View Profile -
Gretchen Baker
Gretchen Baker is an ecologist at Great Basin National Park. She started visiting caves when she was a child on summer vacation with her family. When she was 20, she...View Profile -
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Malcolm Williamson
Malcolm Williamson is a research scientist with the Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies at the University of Arkansas.View Profile -
Matt Covington
Matt Covington is a research scientist who studies and maps caves for the University of Arkansas.View Profile -
Kristie Reddick
Kristie Reddick is half of the Bug Chicks duo who share information about insects with kids.View Profile -
Jess Honaker
Jess Honaker is half of the Bug Chicks duo who shares information about insects with kids.View Profile -
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Barbara Beasley
Barb Beasley is a paleontologist with the USDA Forest Service. She received B.S. from University of Tennessee at Martin, TN in 1988, in Geosciences with a concentration in Geology and...View Profile -
Jonathan Reichard
Jonathan Reichard is a scientist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service who researches bats and white-nose syndrome.View Profile
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