Mount Everest and the Appalachian Mountains are just two features that formed from converging plates. Watch a video that explains and models this phenomenon.

Concepts

mountains, mountain ranges, plate movement, plate tectonics

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Research the major converging plates on Earth and where they are located
• Preview the video and create a worksheet that learners complete as they watch
• Use as an introduction to converging plate boundaries in a plate tectonics unit

Classroom Considerations

• Best suited for an elementary science classroom
• Resource is the 11th video in a series of 26

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Speaker is very enthusiastic
• Offers models and images that help viewers better understand the concept under study

Cons

• Very similar to another video in the series

Common Core

RI.2.7 RI.3.7 RI.4.7