Mount Everest

We want to know
-how many elephants tall is it
-how big is it
-if there is waterfall on it
-if someone lives there
-if you slided down and it's really icy, if you would fly in the air

We learned
-it is 29029 feet
-2103 elephants tall
-29029 chickens tall
-1915914 ants tall
-967 houses tall

What we did

Watched video clips from Discovery Channel's Everest series on Netflix watch instantly

Measured - drew a tall mountain on butcher paper and taped it to the wall. We gathered toys and measured how many toys it took to reach the top of the mountain. Here's the results:
16 blocks
2 1/2 shields
1 1/2 puppy costumes
3 light sabers.
Then we looked at our data. This part was confusing because I asked the kids which item was the biggest. They looked for the biggest number on the list which was the blocks. I explained that the biggest item took the least number to get to the top of the mountain. I don't know if it sank it, but at least it got them thinking.

Built



We sorted all of the blocks into different categories. Noah and I counted them. Ezra drew a picture of each block category on the white board, then the number of blocks in each one.
Ezra drew a picture of Mount Everest, then we drew which blocks we wanted to use. The big ones on the bottom, the smaller ones on the top. Then we built the mountain. Afterwards a dinosaur climbed to the top and knocked it over.

We learned

Ezra
It takes forever to climb. When somebody hikes up it they sometimes die. Your hand can turn black and you could lose your fingertops. I don't want to hike up Mount Everest. We don't even have the harnesses and ropes and stuff.
Noah
I would take a ladder to climb up it. I want to climb the ladder.
Livi
It's really really cold up there and a lot of people die. It's 2100 elephants high. It's the tallest mountain in the world. Some people tried to climb it.

Plate Tectonics



Ezra
There's two plates and they squeeze each other and it turns into mountains. Volcanoes are from the earth, they get really hot and when it gets bubbly it explodes. The lava turns into big rocks when it cools.

With playdough Ezra made two plates and had them collide and form a mountain.

We Made a Volcano


Playdough
4 3/4 c (23.5) oz flour
2 c (16 oz) water
1 c salt
Knead all ingredients in a mixer
divide and add food coloring if desired

Lava Mixture
mix
1/2 c water
4 T baking soda
1 t dish soap or detergent
couple drops of red food coloring (optional)

pour in vinegar until it bubbles and overflows (1/4-1/2 c)