Mt. Everest Unit Lessons
LESSON 1: What causes Mt. Everest to move in different ways?
Sources of evidence for lesson 1:
Video 1: Scary Day on Mt. Everest
Reading: Earthquake in Nepal
LESSON 2: How are patterns in earthquakes similar or different in locations around the world?
Sources of evidence for lesson 2:
Case studies of 8 different earthquake locations
Seismic explorer version 2
Video of eq patterns that Mr. Baur notices
LESSON 3: Why do earthquakes happen in specific patterns around the world?
Sources of evidence for lesson 3:
Reading: Why eq patterns
Reading: How eq are measured
LESSON 4: What are plates?
Sources of evidence for lesson 4:
Reading: What's beneath the surface?
Reading: Deep mines
Photos of the surfaces of different plates
Data from cross sections from seismic explorer version 3.
LESSON 5: What is below Earth’s plates?
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LESSON 6: How are the plates moving?
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LESSON 7: "How much have the plates moved near Mt. Everest?
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LESSON 8: "How does plate movement explain movement at Mt. Everest and other places in the world?"
Sources of evidence for lesson 8:
Revised student models of Mt. Everest
Gotta have it checklist for revised model
Case studies of 8 different earthquake locations,
LESSON 9: "Why do volcanoes form in some places? "
Sources of evidence for lesson 9:
Data: Seismic explorer version 4.0 with volcano locations and plate directions
Reading: How Volcanoes form
Video: plate tectonics
Case studies of 8 different earthquake locations,
LESSON 10: "How do the mantle and plates interact to explain earthquakes and landforms at locations on Earth’s surface? "
LESSON 11: "How could a fossil get to the top of Mt. Everest?"
LESSON 12: "How do fossils form?"
Sources of evidence for lesson 12:
Reading: fossil formation
data: Utah through the Ages
video: fossil formation
LESSON 13: "Why is there so little ancient seafloor left on the top of Mt. Everest?"
LESSON 14: "How did a marine fossil get to the top of Mt. Everest? "
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