Students investigate how mountains are formed. Concepts include the composition and structure of the Earth's tectonic plates and tectonic plate boundaries, with an emphasis on plate convergence as it relates to mountain formation. Students learn that geotechnical engineers design technologies to measure movement of tectonic plates and mountain formation, as well as design to alter the mountain environment to create safe and dependable roadways and tunnels.

When rocks are buried deep in the crust, regional metamorphism occurs. This is commonly associated with the boundaries of convergent plate

The South American continent is flanked by a magnificent mountain range on its west coast. This ScienceStruck article explains the formation of the Andes mountain range.

Here's our hands-on studies of tectonic plate movements, 2nd grade style. We used: a tray with a thin layer of chilled jello (jelly) graham crackers for the earth's crustal plates colored icing (green-continents and blue-oceans) You can see LD putting the continent and ocean onto his plate (ie. graham cracker). We read about the plates and tectonic plate movement and looked carefully at this map. We talked about how when earth was one giant super-continent (Pangaea), India was actually…

This simple demonstration shows how mountains are formed, particularly how fold mountains are formed.

Subduction of the Juan de Fuca Plate results in the formation of the Coastal Ranges and Cascade Volcanoes, as well as a variety of earthquak...

Illustration about a vector image illustration (Plate Tectonics Mountain Forming Drawing). Illustration of continent, magma, world - 60434108

A fun simple science experiment that it's safe to eat to teach kids how plate tectonics make mountains and the different boundaries formed.

The earthquake and ensuing tsunami in Japan were a result of plate tectonics, or large scale movement of the Earth’s crust. The major plates are African, Antarctic, Australian, Eurasian, Indian, North American, South American, and Pacific. The minor plates (of which there can be many) include Arabian, Caribbean, Juan De Fuca, Cocos, Nazca, Philippine, and