National Park Service LogoU.S. Department of the InteriorNational Park ServiceNational Park Service
National Park Service:  U.S. Department of the InteriorNational Park Service Arrowhead
Ozark National Scenic RiverwaysCanoes with rocky bluff in background
view map
text size:largestlargernormal
printer friendly
Ozark National Scenic Riverways
More Than Skin Deep, A Teacher's Guide to Caves and Groundwater
Cave formations

Tom Aley

This online edition of our teacher's guide to caves is an abridged version of the print edition. Please contact us for a free copy of the print version. We hope you will take advantage of this resource to provide some advance information to your students before visiting Round Spring Caverns.

Ozark National Scenic Riverways also offers a variety of activities for teachers involving subjects other than caves. Please see our Teacher's Page for details. The online version is divided into two sections: Information Pages where you will find background information about caves, and Activities Pages, where you will find fun classroom activities.


INFORMATION PAGES


ACTIVITIES

 
Grotto salamander
Gene Gardner, Missouri Dept of Conservation
The blind grotto salamander makes Ozark caves its home. Of all the world's true troglobitic salamanders, this species is the only one that develops into an adult form. All others maintain their larval form, even though they can reproduce.
Blue Spring is 310 feet deep.  

Did You Know?
Blue Spring is 310 feet deep. If the Statue of Liberty was standing on the bottom, the top of her torch would be underwater! It is widely considered to be the most beautiful spring in Missouri due to its vivid blue color. More at www.nps.gov/ozar
more...

Last Updated: February 02, 2007 at 15:08 EST