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March 2, 2009

Mountains

Filed under: Geography, Teaching and Learning — jdmcd @ 7:37 pm

 

The BBC published this simple graphic today. An article on a forthcoming climb up Kilimanjaro for Comic Relief by celebrities included a very effective comparison between Everest, Kilimanjaro and Ben Nevis.

Some fruitful questions:

 

  • How are mountains formed?
  • Why are some mountains higher than others?
  • Why is it cooler at the top of a mountain when it is “nearer” the sun?

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