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What will young people learn by going caving?
Learning opportunities will be different on every caving trip! What students see and experience varies depending upon the cave as well as the guide’s and other adults’ leadership styles.
Caving offers hands-on opportunities to learn about a wide variety of scientific & environmental topics. In karst formations, they will experience first hand the dramatic results of millions of years of erosion and deposition. They will also gain a new understanding of underground water systems and their importance. In lava tubes, cavers will witness an earth that is changing and renewing itself at a much faster pace (in a geological sense). All cavers will be introduced to fragile ecosystems that are home to interesting species. They may learn how we affect these ecosystems by our actions above and below the surface.
Additionally, for most participants, caving will be a new experience that takes them outside their comfort zone. Therefore, caving “levels the playing fieldâ€