Recognizing that something below the surface is happening to get the landscape above the surface to change, students were asked to develop a model that would show what they would find at different depths (from at the top of Mt. Everest):
*Here are some students' thoughts!
- A couple inches down
- In the first hundred feet down
- Thousands of feet down
- A couple of miles down. (one mile is 5,280 feet)
*Here are some students' thoughts!
We then wanted to see real footage below the surface, especially at some of the locations we are already invested in. Many of these places have photographic evidence below the surface, which was interesting to see!
Between the different heights of mountains, we're also seeing lots of layers below the surface in the mines/dig-outs below the mountains. While we were thinking about all these other locations, students were asked to consider where they live!
We've got so many things to think about/figure out! See you after spring break!