Boy's Quest articles from June 2008

Boy's Quest archives from June 2008

A drop of water.
June 1, 2008... Deep below the surface of the earth, it is dark in the cave. There is only one sound to break the silence: The slow drip, drip, drip of water from the ceiling of the cave. Over many thousands of years, each drop of water leaves behind a little...

Carlsbad Caverns.(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... New Mexico was a state cowboys frequently traveled through and still do today. Sometimes on their cattle drives, they would be miles away from town for days. New Mexico was just such a place. Cowboys could experience real isolation there, so if...

Cave code.
June 1, 2008... Decode each of the following words about caves using the numbered alaphabet. Cave Code from page 9 1. sea, lava, solution 2. soda straw, stalactites 3. stalagmites 4. column 5. drapery 6. flowstone 7. moon...

Crisis in the Cave.
June 1, 2008... Imagine being trapped in complete darkness.Imagine being alone, suffering from hunger, thirst, and pain. Imagine being trapped in a cave. One of the first rules of caving is not to go into a cave alone. All cavers understand the importance...

Prince of guides.(Stephen Bishops exploration of Mammoth Cave )
June 1, 2008... Imagine being a young boy in the early 1800s and a cave explorer. Stephen Bishop was owned by Franklin Gorin. Franklin Gorin and A.A. Harvey bought Mammoth Cave in 1838 for travelers to see. Franklin Gorin picked Stephen Bishop to be the cave...

A-maze-ing caving.(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... Start at the Cave Entrance and find your way to the Cave Exit by connecting letters to spell: SMART CAVERS ALWAYS EXPLORE IN GROUPS AND NEVER DISTURB CAVE FORMATIONS OR WILDLIFE. You may move any direction, but no letter may be connected more...

To the bat Cave.(Bracken Cave)(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... Bracken Cave, which is located near San Antonio, Texas, is home to the largest bat colony in the world. Each spring, more than 20 million Mexican free-tailed bats converge here to give birth and to rear their young. Lining the walls of the...

Scrambling in a cave.
June 1, 2008... What do you know about the mysterious world of caves and caverns? Test your knowledge on this cave quiz, unscrambling the letters to solve the puzzle. 1. sKrat Land that features caves beneath plesunkre 2. Someone who explores caves dahe...

Fred's words.(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... Sam was chasing a rabbit at the park when the rabbit took a turn into the woods. It hopped left to right, right to left, and left to right, down a dirt trail. Sam took off after him, and I followed. Lisa was right behind yelling for us to stop,...

Cavers, Spelunkers, and Speleologists.
June 1, 2008... Caving is the sport of exploring caves. Those who participate in the sport are called "caves." Most cavers explore caves for recreation, but some study the cave environment and draw maps. They do this more for their own education and enjoyment...

Miners!
June 1, 2008... Have you ever wanted to be a prospector? Well this game gives you a large mine to explore and a store for you to buy shovels and picks. You will also be able to sell your gold, silver, diamonds, or rubies that you find in the mine! ...

T.A.I.L.S. comics #43: the caves of asiago.(Cartoon)
June 1, 2008... Step on it, Schwartz! We're late! Of course we're late! That stop at the pinball arcade was--was completely unauthorized! Relax, Colby! We're almost there! If it will make ya feel better, read to us some more! Listen to these...

Hands across time.
June 1, 2008... If you ever made a hand tracing or stencil, you recreated something prehistoric people painted over 30,000 years ago. Hand stencils are found in caves all over the world. No one is sure why ancient painters left such personal signs of...

Word search puzzle.(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... KNOTTY NODULAR forms ALABASTER ARAGONITE BACON Bedding PLANE Boulder CHOKE BOXWORK BROOMSTICK CARBIDE lamp CAVE CAVERN CONSERVATION DRIPSTONE FAULT FISSURE FLINT FLOWSTONE...

Build the Snoop Alarm.
June 1, 2008... Here is an amazingly simple but cool contraption. What does it do? Simply stated, this gizmo will let you know if a door, window, or a drawer is opened. What can you do with it? plenty! Attach its magnet to an outside doo or window and you have...

Mammoth cave puzzle.(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... Mammoth Cave in Kentucky is the longest known cave system in the world. To find an interesting fact about it, solve these addition squares and take the circled number from each and put it in the box below. In each row of an addition square, the...

Into the cave.(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... Find the cave words in the puzzle. Search forward, backward, up, down, and diagonally. Leftover letters spell out a cave fact. BATS BEAUTIFUL COLUMN COOL DARK EXPLORE FLOWSTONE FRAGILE LIMESTONE ...

Build a bat cave.
June 1, 2008... What's the next best thing to visiting a bat cave? How about building one? That is exactly what J. David Bamberger did. Mr. Bamberger, who lives in Central Texas, learned that the Mexican free-tailed bat, that migrated there each spring, had to...

Bats! bats! millions of bats!(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... Common Brown bat A mounted spectrum, showing the enormous wing spread. It is next to impossible to obtain such a picture of the living animal, because of its erratic flight and also because it flies by night. High above the deep...

Ticklers & teasers.
June 1, 2008... "Look at the time! It's almost light almost light outside! It's way past your bedtime!" [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Cavern sudoku.(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... A Sudoku is a logic puzzle in which a set of numbers or letters is arranged across in rows, down in columns, and within boxes. Each letter in the word CAVERN can be used only once in each row, column, and box.

Can you decode the message about caves?
June 1, 2008... What is another name for caving? (Answer: spelunking)

Mystery picture puzzle.
June 1, 2008... molar bean screw flag water jar rat sock bat mug tepee pizza brush horse candle ice cream cone daddy long legs cave cricket flashlights salamander ...