Mountain Building (6-12)

Teacher Background Resources

Introduction to the Lithosphere: Mountain Building
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=DLESE-000-000-005-415
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Forces in the Earth
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=DLESE-000-000-009-637
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Mountains
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=DLESE-000-000-009-638
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Folds and Faults
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=DLESE-000-000-009-639
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Weathering and Erosion: What's the difference between these two terms?
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=DLESE-000-000-009-641
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Schoolyard Geology: Rock Stories
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=USGS-ED-000-000-000-006
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On-line resources and lessons that use them:

Plate Tectonics : A Continuous Process
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=DLESE-000-000-009-636

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Mountain Building Journal
http://www.teachingboxes.org/mountainBuilding/lessons/journal/MBJournal.pdf
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Mountain Building Journal: Teachers's Guide
http://www.teachingboxes.org/mountainBuilding/lessons/journal/MBJournal_teacherGuide.pdf
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Introduction to the Lithosphere: Mountain Building
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=DLESE-000-000-005-415
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Forces in the Earth
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=DLESE-000-000-009-637
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Mountains
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=DLESE-000-000-009-638
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Mountain Photo Archive
http://www.teachingboxes.org/mountainBuilding/lessons/mountainSlides/MountainPhotoArchive.pdf
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Folds and Faults
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=DLESE-000-000-009-639
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Folded Rocks Photos
http://www.teachingboxes.org/mountainBuilding/lessons/foldImages/index.html
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Seven Paper Models that Describe Faulting in the Earth
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=EARTHQUAKE-000-000-010-397
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Mountains Formed by Faults Photos
http://www.teachingboxes.org/mountainBuilding/lessons/faultImages/index.html
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Erosion Photos
http://www.teachingboxes.org/mountainBuilding/lessons/erosionImages/erosion.jsp
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Schoolyard Geology: Rock Stories
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=USGS-ED-000-000-000-006
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Free 3D Glasses
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=TBOXR-000-000-000-119
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Mountain Building in the Desert – Part 3
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=DLESE-000-000-002-479
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Rock Hounds
http://sln.fi.edu/fellows/fellow1/oct98/create/index.html
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Rock and the Rock Cycle
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=DLESE-000-000-009-642
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The Stupid-Page-of-Rocks
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=DLESE-000-000-003-103
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3D Geology of National Parks and Other Public Spaces
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=USGS-ED-000-000-000-145
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Rock Cycle Journey Paper Dice
http://www.teachingboxes.org/mountainBuilding/lessons/rockCycleGame/rockCycleJourney_dice.pdf
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Rock Cycle Journey Stations
http://www.teachingboxes.org/mountainBuilding/lessons/rockCycleGame/rockCycleJourney_stations.pdf
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Latitude and Longitude
http://www.teachingboxes.org/jsp/teachingboxes/plateTectonics/prerequisites/index.jsp
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Seismic Map
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=TBOXR-000-000-000-017
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Volcano Map
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=TBOXR-000-000-000-120
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Discovering Plate Boundaries: Downloads (Maps)
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=TBOXR-000-000-000-121
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Plate Boundary Map
http://www.teachingboxes.org/jsp/teachingboxes/plateTectonics/earthquakes/sequence/PlateBoundaries.pdf
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Plate Tectonics Lab, Part 1
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=TBOXR-000-000-000-122
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Plate Tectonics Lab,Part 2
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=TBOXR-000-000-000-123
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Plate Tectonics: A Continuous Process
http://www.teachingboxes.org/catalog.jsp?id=DLESE-000-000-009-636
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