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Our goal in creating this curriculum guide is to provide students with an engaging, educational and interactive tool to support your message of stewardship and natural resource conservation.
Arizona State Parks, in partnership with the Friends of Kartchner Caverns State Park, has developed this curriculum with the classroom educator in mind. Each activity includes the approximate age for which it was designed, a listing of the lesson's objectives, reproducible pages, materials' list glossary of terms, cross-referenceing, and other useful information that will assist teachers in dynamically presenting the curriculum.
Through Kartchners Caverns the Natural History Curriculum the students will develop an appreciation of the geological and biological forces that create this magnificent natural resource. We hope, also, to promote an understanding of the inter-relationship between humans and the long-term survival of Kartchner Caverns. We encourage the students to think about the choices that were made during the development of the cave and the consequences associated with each choice. Finally, and most importantly, we hope that through the use of these activities the students will gain a sense of conservation and preservation of nature's non-renewable natural resources.
We encourage teachers to add to the learning experience by sharing insights and interests with students. Please take a moment to browse through selected lesson plans and student activities featured on this page, If you would like to order a complimentary copy of the Kartchner Caverns curriculum (available in CD ROM format) for your school, please contact Outreach Education Coordinator, c/o Arizona State Parks, 1300 W. Washington, Phoenix, Arizona 85007.
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