Geoworks Geology / Speleology Workshops

Homeschool Teachers check out our homeschool events! 45 minute sessions for students and youth through grade 7. One hour session for students grades 8 - 12. Activities will vary according to grade level. All of your students/youth must participate in the same workshops.

Attention Teachers:

Choose activities best suited to meet the needs of your students. Let us help you reach your goals!

Documentation provided for all activities relating to PA Dept. of Education's Academic Standards for Environment and Ecology, Geography, and/or Science and Technology.

Activites:

Junior Cave Explorer

Gr. K - 6

Hands-on fun with 'caving' basics. Learn about the equipment cavers (spelunkers) use plus the rules of safe caving with an introduction to cave conservation. After 'suiting up' with helmet and light - experience Lincoln Caverns' newest attraction Kids Cave Krawl!

Mapping Workshops

Gr. 3+

Study a variety of geology maps of Pennsylvania and the area, followed by grade appropriate student mapping activity on Warrior Ridge.

Caves & Karst

Gr. 2+

Hands-on experiments enable students to 'see' how caves form and how the karst landscape (sinkholes) came to be, concluding with grade appropriate activity relating the surface with the subsurface.

Cave Life

Gr. K+

Learn more about the interesting and unique creatures inhabiting cave systems. Through games and activities discover why these animals are so dependent upon one another.

Rocks & Minerals

Gr. 3+

Students visit various stations performing identification tests and learning fascinating properties of rocks and minerals.

Fossils

Gr. 1+

Discover the past! Hands-on activities teach how fossils formed and provide clues to the history of our earth. Make a fossil cast. Find a fossil to take home.