Monday 16 February 2009

The Himalayas in 30 seconds

This is a very popular Earthlearningidea. We have added a further extension idea using plaster of Paris instead of flour. Please let us know how you get on.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

In a recent workshop for future teachers I used this activity and the tension fault to illustrate compression and tension. One of my students suggested using a few small pebbles to represent fossils. This would help to show why marine fossils are found high in mountainous regions.