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Young explorers investigate the biodiversity of Mount Everest and the Himalayan Mountain ecosystem through hands-on and interactive activities. They examine the effects of climate change on the mountains, analyze maps, take a virtual climbing tour of Mount Everest, and even build a glacier. The eight lessons are standards-based and include options for extended learning.
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habitats, weather, adaptations, biodiversity, biomes, buddhism, carbon, carbon dioxide, carbon footprints, christianity, climate change, climates, ecosystems, elevation, endangered species, faults, folktales, food chains, fossil fuels, glaciers, greenhouse gases, hinduism, humidity, indigenous people, latitude and longitude, meteorology, monsoons, mount everest, mountains, plate tectonics, precipitation, thermometers, weather forecasting, fault lines, albedo, altitude, carbon emissions, degrees celsius, degrees fahrenheit, granite, limestone, marble, mountain climbing, mountain ranges, prayer, sherpas, the atmosphere, the greenhouse effect, the himalayas, the carbon cycle, gps, the sea floor, the earth's atmosphere
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