Today’s Walking Classroom podcast discusses mountains. Mountains are landforms that rise well above the surrounding land for a limited area, usually in the form of a peak. Mountains are steeper, larger, and taller than hills and their formation is usually caused by volcanic activity or the movement of tectonic plates. Mountains provide evidence about movements of the planet’s surface.
Character Value: Humility
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Common Core
L–Language | SL–Speaking and Listening | RI–Reading: Informational | RL–Reading: Literature | W–Writing | RH–6-8 Literacy in History/Social Studies | RST–6-8 Literacy in Science & Technical Subjects Elementary School:RI.3.1, RI.3.2, RI.3.3, SL.3.1, SL.3.4
RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.3, SL.4.1, SL.4.4
RI.5.1, RI.5.2, RI.5.3, SL.5.1, SL.5.4
Middle School:
RI.6.1, RI.6.2, RI.6.3, SL.6.1, SL.6.4
RI.7.1, RI.7.2, RI.7.3, SL.7.1, SL.7.4
RI.8.1, RI.8.2, RI.8.3, SL.8.1, SL.8.4
RST.6-8.4
Next Generation Science Standards
PS–Physical Science | LS–Life Science | ESS–Earth and Space Science | ETS–Engineering, Technology and the Application of Science Elementary School: 4-ESS1-1, 4-ESS2-2Middle School: MS-ESS2-3
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Mountains Google Quiz
Slide Deck:
Mountains Slide Deck
Looks at ten mountains around the world.
Explains landforms like mountains, volcanoes, deserts, islands, etc.
Visit Great Smoky Mountains National Park with this Google Earth virtual tour.
Discover Mountains around the world in this interactive quiz from World Geography Games.
Identify and create models of the major features of the Earth’s surface such as mountains, rivers, plains, canyons and plateaus to be considered in designing transportation systems in this project from Teach Engineering at University of Colorado Boulder.
Demonstrate knowledge of mountains by solving this crossword puzzle.
Understand shifting plates and how they affect the earth’s crust in this Study.com edible activity.