12-11-2011 International Mountain Day

LEARNING ABOUT MOUNTAINS

Observe:
Mountian Illustrations - http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1502/es1502page01.cfm?chapter_no=15
Discovering Plate Boundaries - http://terra.rice.edu/plateboundary/intro.html
Plate Boundary Processes - http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es0804/es0804page01.cfm?chapter_no=08
This Dynamic Earth - http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/dynamic.html
Towel Geology - http://cp.astate.edu/neapartnership/Framework%20Lessons/TowelGeology[1].pdf
Earth: Portrait of a Planet - http://wwnorton.com/college/geo/earth4/animations.aspx
Oregon State Volcano World - http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/virtual-altiplano-bolivia
Mountain Building - http://www.phschool.com/webcodes10/index.cfm?wcprefix=cul&wcsuffix=3113&area=view
Orogeny Animations - http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/structure/visualizations/orogeny.html

Text book sites:
Making Mountains - http://www.eduplace.com/science/hmsc/6/c/cricket/ckt_6c9.shtml
Volcano! - http://www.eduplace.com/science/hmsc/6/c/cricket/ckt_6c91.shtml
Geology of Leonardo da Vinci - http://www.eduplace.com/science/hmsc/6/c/cricket/ckt_6c92.shtml
da Vinci part II - http://www.eduplace.com/science/hmsc/6/c/cricket/ckt_6c93.shtml
Pompeii - http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/pompeii/index.html
Michigan Technological University Volcanoes Page - http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/

Articles:
Mountains - http://www.wvgs.wvnet.edu/www/geology/geolf001.htm
Mountains of Change - http://seagrant.uaf.edu/news/01ASJ/12.07.01mountain-change.html
The Earth at Work - http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/hellscrust/index.html
National Geographic - Nature's Fury: Volcanoes - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/eye/volcanoes/volcanoes.html

Lessons:
BrainPop: Plate Tectonics - http://sciencespot.net/Media/platetect.pdf, http://www.brainpop.com/search/search.weml?keyword=mountain
Treasure Hunting for Volcanoes - http://sciencespot.net/Media/volcanoht.pdf
The Mountain Environment - http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jmresources/mountains/year.html

Literature:
My Side of the Mountain Reader's Guide - http://www.scholastic.com/kids/homework/pdfs/My_Side_of_the_Mountain.pdf
Hachet - http://www.mce.k12tn.net/survival/hatchet/hatchet.htm, spark note - http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/hatchet/