Now that we've figured out about earthquakes of different depths, different types of plates, and why volcanoes can occur when plates move away from each other or collide into one another, we're trying to see what other types of evidence can give us insight into Mt. Everest's past along with it's future. There are still some lingering questions on our DQB that focus on Mt. Everest's location. Like has it always been there? Where will it be in the future?
Since we're doing this figuring out remotely, we needed to change up our ways, and I am so proud of students doing a lot of the figuring out alone or with others they can connect with remotely (I can't video conference with kids due to our district's acceptable use policy).
A video with a geologist is giving us some new evidence...all centered on sea-creature evidence! This is so intriguing to us since Mt. Everest is not near an ocean...but there are sea-creature fossils near the top!
Since we're doing this figuring out remotely, we needed to change up our ways, and I am so proud of students doing a lot of the figuring out alone or with others they can connect with remotely (I can't video conference with kids due to our district's acceptable use policy).
A video with a geologist is giving us some new evidence...all centered on sea-creature evidence! This is so intriguing to us since Mt. Everest is not near an ocean...but there are sea-creature fossils near the top!
Students were asked to ask any questions of the geologist...and here's a snapshot of what they submitted via Google Forms:
Asking students to explain this interesting phenomenon--how a sea-creature fossil on the top of Everest could give us insight into how the Earth changes...we got some great responses!
From here, we worked on developing a model, and some students were able to submit their models via Google Classroom. Check them out!
And we settled on this model as an agreement:
So if we know the Indian and Eurasian plates are moving towards one another, how is it that the fossil actually ends up on top? Students gave their insight into this question:What could have happened to cause sea creatures to be found at the top of Mt. Everest?
Stay tuned...
Stay tuned...