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Electronic Field Trip to Mammoth Cave
Let’s go spelunking!

Grade Levels:: 4-12
Length:: 60 minutes
Taping Rights:: Unlimited
MARC Record:: Downloadable
Web Site:: KET Online
Teaching Materials:: See Below

Tour the world’s largest cave system with National Park Service rangers. These experienced, knowledgeable guides provide fascinating information at each stop. You’ll see the beautiful Frozen Niagara, the blind fish, Native American artifacts, the “bottomless” pit, and unique passageways underground. Our camera also squeezes through some tight places in Fat Man’s Misery and on the wild caving tour.

Teachers may choose to use the trip in the following four segments:

Beauty and Diversity of the Cave
History and Geology of the Cave
Animal Species of the Cave
The Role of Water

Through this non-stop exploration, your students will also learn about careers in park service and science.

This program was first broadcast on March 11, 1997.

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2007/08 Program Schedule

: National Park Service rangers lead a tour of one of Kentucky's—and the world's—true natural wonders, the longest cave system on Earth. For classroom use, this 1996 KET production is divided into four segments covering the beauty and diversity of the cave, its history and geology, animal species found there, and the role of water. 59 minutes; Thursday, September 20 at 8:00 am on KETED; Wednesday, October 17 at 10:00 am on KETED; Friday, October 19 at 3:00 pm on KETED; Thursday, December 20 at 9:00 am on KETED; Thursday, February 21 at 8:00 am on KETED; Wednesday, March 19 at 10:00 am on KETED; Friday, March 21 at 3:00 pm on KETED; Tuesday, April 1 at 10:00 am on KETED; Monday, May 5 at 6:00 am on KETED

Teaching Materials

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Kentucky Academic Expectations

This program relates to the following Kentucky Academic Expectations.

2.2	Patterns
2.3	Systems and Interactions
2.6	Changes Over Time
2.19	Geography and Human Activity
2.36	Career Path

Kentucky schools may tape and retain programs according to the rights listed above. For further information, contact the KET Education Division.

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