Mountains
WC 27.4.20 

Mountains are an important part of a rivers journey. 

Mountains are areas of land that are much higher than the land surrounding them. They are higher and usually steeper than a hill and are generally over 600 metres high. They are often found together in a group called a mountain range.

Some well-known mountain ranges in the four countries that make up the UK include:

• the Cairngorms in Scotland
• the Pennines in England
• the Mourne Mountains in Northern Ireland
• Snowdonia in Wales

Take a look at this video and web page, but don't get too carried away, we will look at how mountains are formed next week. 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z849q6f/articles/z4g3qp3

Now you have learnt all about mountains, why not have a go at some or all of these activities. 

• Can you answer these two important questions
  - What is a mountain?
  - What makes a mountain a mountain and not a hill? 
• Make a leaflet about different mountains. There are many useful resources below but also look on our guided reading page for more information. 
• Compare 4 of the worlds famous mountains
• Compare 4 of the UK's famous mountains
• Make top trump cards all about the worlds mountains
• Locate mountains around the world on a map. Look especially in Europe, North America, South America and Asia. 
• Write a story which includes an adventure up a mountain.

Challenge 

Make a prediction on how a mountain is formed

https://content.twinkl.co.uk/resource/fb/c5/t2-g-014-mountains-of-the-world-fact-sheets_ver_9.pdf?__token__=exp=1587939433~acl=%2Fresource%2Ffb%2Fc5%2Ft2-g-014-mountains-of-the-world-fact-sheets_ver_9.pdf%2A~hmac=94b587387780eadddbc70f70a27bd72c9da17e9b06ac88dccb8baf20be2d675e