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🏫 Excavating Adventures for Classrooms and Schools

Choose the perfect adventure for your students! Whether it’s a single classroom or your entire school, we make science unforgettable with hands-on discovery, immersive storytelling, and real gem mining excitement.

 


 

Option 1: Free Online Adventures & Printable Cards

Bring Gemlings and Grumblies into your lessons today with hundreds of free, standards-aligned science adventures. Every lesson includes printable trading cards, interactive online missions, and chances for students to earn free dig kits.
👉 Click to explore free adventures!


Option 2: Classroom Kits

Turn any lesson into an adventure! Our no-prep kits are packed with real gems, fossils, and trading cards. Students love the thrill of discovery and trading, while teachers love the ease of use and standards alignment. Fundraising tools and grant support make kits accessible for every classroom.
👉 Click to see Classroom Kits!


Option 3: In-Class Experience

We bring the adventure directly to your classroom (within 30 miles of Cary, NC)! Using projection, sound, and 3D terrains, we transform your class into a gem mine where every student excavates, trades, and learns in an unforgettable way.
👉 Click to learn about the In-Class Experience!


Option 4: Entire School Adventure

Go big! We transform your gymnasium into a fully immersive gem mining expedition, complete with caves, volcanoes, and thrilling landscapes. Perfect for grade-wide or school-wide events — a field trip without leaving campus!
👉 Click to discover the Entire School Adventure!


Available Subjects (24 Adventure Packs):

  1. Rocks and Minerals

  2. Fossils and Earth History

  3. Weather and Climate

  4. Oceans and Ocean Zones

  5. Space and Solar System

  6. Landforms and Geography

  7. Earthquakes and Natural Disasters

  8. Weathering, Erosion, and Soil

  9. Environmental Science and Conservation

  10. Ecosystems and Biomes

  11. Animal Adaptations and Survival

  12. Plants and Photosynthesis

  13. Energy

  14. Light, Sound, and Waves

  15. Electricity and Magnetism

  16. States and Properties of Matter

  17. Chemistry and Chemical Reactions

  18. Physics and Forces in Motion

  19. Biology and Cells

  20. DNA, Heredity, and Genetics

  21. Human Body and Body Systems

  22. Ecology and Food Webs

  23. Engineering and Simple Machines

  24. Scientific Inquiry and General Science

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