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Carlsbad Caverns National Park
On-line Park Fun
 
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No time to visit the park? Planning on visiting the park in the future? Here are some fun on-line fieldtrips, games, etc. to help you learn all about the National Park Service and Carlsbad Caverns National Park.

Electronic Fieldtrips
The park offers three electronic fieldtrips (EFTs). To visit the “bats” electronic fieldtrip, go to www.efieldtrips.org/bats. To visit the “caves” electronic fieldtrip, go to www.efieldtrips.org/caves. The final electronic fieldtrip “Caves: Nature’s Plumbing System” is about geology. To visit this site, go to www.bsu.edu/eft, and then click on “Past Field Trips.”).

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This is a National Park Service website for children of all ages. If you love national parks, this is the site for you! If you are new to national parks, this site will help you experience how wonderful they can be!

Speleothem Matching [891k PDF file]
Can you identify real cave decorations from Carlsbad Caverns National Park?

Speleothem Challenge [792k PDF file]
Can you pick out all the different speleothems in each picture?

Need more information? Visit our bookstore at www.ccgma.org.
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Maps and other publications are available at The Cavern Bookstore.
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Permian ocean bottom.  

Did You Know?
The limestone rock that holds Carlsbad Cavern is full of ocean fossil plants and animals from a time before the dinosaurs when the southeastern corner of New Mexico was a coastline similar to the Florida Keys.

Last Updated: May 13, 2008 at 13:31 EST