The Cave Island Menace

Needing a break from the city’s mid-summer heat, Lola Dérez and her family travel to a distant National Park for their first camping experience. But the peaceful weekend is ruined when the mountain environment becomes a dangerous menace to people! Lola has to choose whether or not to be selfless and take risks that she’s never taken before. Can she remember what she learned about rocks and minerals in time to save a helpless family from a horrible tragedy on Cave Island? 

S.T.E.M. Topics: 

Geochemistry, geology, rock/mineral weathering, limestone, caves and sink holes, pyrite oxidation, acids, neutralization, litmus test

Artwork credit: Michael Fichera