World Mountain Day

Wednesday 11th of December is World Mountain Day. Teachers can approach this topic in terms of the Human importance of mountains.Ask students to come up with reasons as to why mountains matter. Next show the students the video below which explains some of the reasons.Mountain formation can now be discussed. The Himalayas for example are formed as India smashes into Eurasia causing the land to crumble and uplift. This uplift and crumble is still ongoing today as shown in the next video. Now show students the images A & B below. Which mountains are the Pennines and which are the Himalayas. What are the physical differences between these mountains. Can they explain which mountains are older and why?Picture A Picture BA final mountain teaser.Can any of the students name the famous mountain found on this popular Swiss chocolate?The formation of this Mountain can be studied later under the topic of Glaciation.