The Cave
Posted by Craig KnebelSo come out of your cave walking on your hands
And see the world hanging upside down
You can understand dependence when you know the maker’s heart- Mumford and Sons The Cave c 2012
What better way to tie up a year of Earth Science and craft a bonding and resilience trip than a caving expedition.
The 6th grade travelled to Clarksville Cave near Albany, NY and Boyd Thacher state park to explore plate tectonics, sedimentary rocks, erosion and caving. Why Albany? 400 million years ago the drifting North American plate slammed into a volcanic arc of islands and a new continental edge formed east of the Hudson River. This new edge was swamped with ocean water forming a nearly cutoff inland sea in the Devonian period around Albany. This underwater time lead to the formation of ancient seabeds which in turn, form the basis of our limestone explorations.
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