During this live online program, students learned about waves and energy, and got to make their own telephones at home using basic materials.
During this fun class, 4th grade students got to make their own cave formations, including their versions of cave popcorn and aragonite bushes. Their teacher, Ms. Gittens, is so dedicated to her students that she delivered materials to the kids who didn’t have basic supplies.
During this live online class, students created their own karst topography (cave landforms) and added water to their models to produce sinkholes in real time. The class was originally scheduled for 50 minutes, but we extended it to 90 minutes to ensure that all of the students successfully completed their projects despite limited materials. Queen Palmer is a Title I school, and many students don’t have access to even the most basic materials (including paper cups, string, and tape). But these students are very creative, and made our labs work with the materials that they do have at home.
4th grade students learned about cave geology, chemistry, groundwater conservation, and other subjects in two days of online lessons.
This live online program for 4th grade students was really fun. In this 70-minute session, the students learned about simple machines, friction, and other science concepts, as well as practicing their math skills.
We provided a free online program for students in the LEAD Enrichment Program, and the kids and teachers who attended the program learned about the physics of vertical caving.
This was our third live distance learning program for these 7th grade students, and they got to learn about waves and energy with cool hands-on activities. We did demos with cave rescue phones, waterproof speakers, and high-tech test equipment (including an oscilloscope and function generator).
This was our second live distance-learning program for 7th grade science students in Grove, and the students loved it.
During our first program in a series, 16 students learned about the physics of vertical caving while doing hands-on experiments at home with simple materials.
This was a fun 1-hour program for about 50 Cub Scouts at Cross Timbers Elementary School. Thanks to our friend Scott Hall for organizing the program.
This was our second visit to this school this year, and the students and teachers loved having us back. We taught some new content (including our new lesson about waves and energy) to ensure that the students stayed engaged.
Our fourth visit to SMO was a big success. We kept busy both days at this free public program.
We worked with the entire 2nd grade on Thursday, and the entire 5th grade on Friday. The 5th grade students got to see our new physics lab in which we use cave rescue phones and other hardware to demonstrate electromagnetics, sound waves, and related mathematical concepts.
This was our second visit to this school this year. We worked with the entire 4th grade, and they got to do several of our labs, including Karst Topography and our new physics lab.
Our second year at the Science Conference was a rousing success with all four of our sessions filled with participants.
This free public event was really fun for kids and adults alike.
The teachers at this school asked to schedule us again for next year even before our program with them was over! A huge thanks to Patti Calabrese and Amy Morton for helping to staff this program.
This great program was sponsored by the City of Austin, and was a fun and educational activity for kids to do on the Columbus Day holiday.
CaveSim designs, builds, and uses interactive caves to teach kids about conservation and science. We believe that kids who know better become adults who do better.
