Visit Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico – Fly with thousands of bats, explore incredible formation, and trek by headlamp through a cave. Make a copy of this document to take notes on your tour. 

Read this haiku about Carlsbad Caverns, and think about what the author is trying to say. Then write a haiku or poem of your own about a park or landmark you like. 

Complete this worksheet on the slope of a line and how much gold would you like to have?

*Answer Sheet

Watch this BrainPOP video to learn more about decimals. 

Or watch this video and learn how caves are formed.

Watch this video about bats, and write down a list of 5 things you learned about bats. 

Take a look at this short video and pictures of caves. Then see if you can find a bat picture online to print off and color.

Carlsbad Caverns is a US National Park, but what does that mean? What are the National Parks, and how did we get them? Watch this video, and try to explain afterwards what you learned. 

The path into Carlsbad Caverns is 1.25 miles down, down, down and then back up, up, up. Using your best social distancing technique, enjoy a leisurely 1.25 mile walk today.

First, have your child do some warm up stretches: 10-15 arm circles (front and backwards), 15 jumping jacks, running in place for 30 seconds, 10 leg squats, 10 push ups and sit ups then go to GoNoodle and have your child pick a couple of PE/Dance videos. 

Enjoy these amazing photographs of Carlsbad Caverns (and other National Parks) posted by National Park Quest; A Journey of Artists.