This lesson builds upon a National Geographic film covering George Mallory's effort to climb Mount Everest in 1924. It examines the evolution of the equipment used to climb Everest, comparing today's equipment to that used by Mallory in...

Mount Everest has the highest altitude on the planet but how did it get so tall? Educator Michele Koppes looks deep into our planet's crust, where continental plates collide, to find the answer.

This lesson builds upon a National Geographic film covering George Mallory's effort to climb Mount Everest in 1924. It looks at the physical features of mountains, and the landform features of Mount Everest that present challenges to...

The online version of an exhibition created to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first successful ascent of Mt. Everest in 1953. The photographs, maps, and artifacts in the exhibition trace Everest from its early exploration in the...

One of a series of lessons created to accompany the film The Wildest Dream: Conquest of Everest, which explores the attempt by George Mallory in 1924 to reach the top of Mount Everest. His body was discovered 75 years later. In this...

Read about the life of Sir Edmund Hillary, the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest, along with his Sherpa guide, Tenzing Norgay. Includes a profile, videos, and a photo gallery.

This interactive feature from the NOVA: "Everest" Web site lets you take the same brain quizzes that researchers have used to test the brain function of climbers on Mount Everest.

Find out how DNA profilers analyze bits of tissue to identify human remains. From the NOVA: "Lost on Everest" Web site.