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KUSM_SchoolFlyer_K-12_Gen_03 Tour: 1 1/2 to 2 hours from early arrival at KUSM until you are
back on the bus.

After descending 650 feet underground on the hoist, students will
experience a walking tour that is handicap accessible. It includes
a guided tour through the galleries, including the Underground
Vaults and Storage exhibit, a souvenir piece of salt, and a vist to
the gift shop if requested.

Number per tour: Groups of 30 will depart 20 minutes apart.

Cost: $6.50 per student. One adult per 12 students is required
and free. Additional adults, equal to the number of free
chaperones, can accompany the group at the special chaperone
rate of $11.00 when booked and paid with the group.

The popular Dark Ride can be added to the tour for $2.80
per person. (Prices do not include tax.)

Reserve tour time now: call Kourtney or Tonya at
620-662-1425 or toll free 866-755-3450.

Book your tour soon. April and May fill up quickly!

Early Bird Discount:
Schedule your visit for anytime between August and the end
of February and the student price falls to $5.50 per student.
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[Print] Salt Academy - A Special Opportunity for grades 3-6 students

General Information

The best site for overall salt information: The Salt Institute

Salt information from America’s largest table salt producer.

Salt: A World History by  Mark Kurlansky, Penguin Group, 2003. -- An epic history of salt.

The Carey Salt Mine by Barbara Ulrich

Salt Chemistry

Why salt is important -- its uses and benefits.

Kansas Geological Survey

                History of salt mining in Reno County and diagram of the Hutchinson Salt Member.

                Map of Salt in Kansas

                Salt dissolution maps: Kansas

                Underground Vaults and Storage

 

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                      Carey

Curriculum/Experiments

General:

How salt melts ice on roads...

Projects and Experiments...

How do animals survive in icy oceans?

Simple Experiments using salt...

Make a salt volcano!

Elementary:

Growing salt crystal experiment for students Grades 1-5...

 Cleaning pennies with salt and vinegar...

Secondary:

High School/Interdisciplinary Curriculum about Salt...

Make Sedimentary rock: Grades 5-9...

Experiments in electro-chemistry...

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Additional Related Topics:

 The Permian Period...

 Periods, Epochs and Ages...

 The Permian Extinction...

 How sedimentary rocks are formed...

 Pictures of Sedimentary rocks...

 Sylvite: a type of evaporite rock found in the salt deposit...

Salt Museums/ Mines of the World

 The Kansas Underground Salt Museum in Hutchinson, Kansas

 Wieliczka Salt Mine near Krakow, Poland

 Detroit, Michigan

 Mines de Sel Bex,  (Bay)  Switzerland

 Berchtesgaden, Germany

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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Not sure what to do this weekend? Buy One Salt Blast Pass Get One FREE starts this Saturday! Talk about a deep discount! Offer good February 4th - 12th only so make your plans now! http://www.undergroundmuseum.org/thescoop.html
Thu, 02 Feb, 2012
You don't want to miss this! Hurry to get your tickets to our ENCORE PERFORMANCE of "Who Killed the 80s" on Sunday, February 19th! Don't miss this interactive mystery dinner theatre! IT'S GOING TO BE, LIKE, TOTALLY AWESOME! http://www.undergroundmuseum.org/special-events.html
Thu, 02 Feb, 2012
Kourtney with Flat Burb just posted a FanCam photo taken at the Kansas Underground Salt Museum!
Wed, 01 Feb, 2012
Tonya just posted a FanCam photo taken at the Kansas Underground Salt Museum!
Tue, 31 Jan, 2012
Pipes and pumps and walls – OH MY! See what is going on #650feetDown! http://www.undergroundmuseum.org/thescoop.html
Mon, 30 Jan, 2012