Show the class cave brochures from commercial and park caves. Limestone was made from the skeletons of coral and seashells millions of years ago in the bottomof the ocean. Other caves are made in lava rocks. Write three questions that you would like to ask a talking cave bat. In this activity, students use limestone and other rocks to create percussion instruments.
Students use the instruments to perform a song.
This activity offers a lighthearted musical celebration of rocks and the cave story. If you are musical, teach the activity as a song. If you're tone deaf, try an old-fashioned choral reading. The key to this activity is the musical instruments - rocks. Students and teachers will create percussion instruments from local rocks.