After comparing their work to the work of actual scientists, students were excited to see that their ideas weren't that off! In fact, they were really close based on the evidence they used in class. One thing students noticed, however, was that at the 146 million years into the past mark--Mt. Everest didn't even exist, yet the Appalachians did! So just how old are these mountains, and where will they be in the future. Even returning to our DQB, we realized that some students were curious weeks ago about the future of Everest!
So we turned to an online simulator to help us see these changes over time! We saw some incredible things, including the fact that the Appalachians are really old, and the Himalayas are just a baby!
So we turned to an online simulator to help us see these changes over time! We saw some incredible things, including the fact that the Appalachians are really old, and the Himalayas are just a baby!
This also got us thinking...if Everest is growing, what's making the Appalachians shrink and the Ural mountains stay the same height? We've got ideas, but we'll need to compare what we think is going on both below the surface and above it! As we closed out class, students began asking more questions yet again. We've gotten so good at realizing a scientist's job of asking good questions is never over! |