The Formation of Fold Mountains
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The Formation of Fold MountainsYou will need:
a) Several towels – preferably all different colours and of a similar size
b) Two (reasonably heavy) boxes
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Create a large area of desk space and lay the towels flat over the top of each other.
If some towels are too large, fold them in half.
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Add labels to the two boxes: CONTINENTAL CRUST and arrows showing the direction of plate movement
The towels represent individual sedimentary rock strata within an ocean basin (the Tethys Sea, for example).
the boxes represent two plates moving towards each other at a collision margin (the Eurasian plate and the Indo-Australian plate, for example).
It may be effective to tuck in ‘excess towel’ at the sides so that the rock strata are more visible
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Get two pupils to slowly push the boxes towards each other
Observe what happens to the rock strata within the ocean basin
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From a different angle
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And you have created fold mountains! Note for teachers: it may be more effective to lay the boxes flat so that the mountains
formed rise above the plates
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Using brightly coloured towels is particularly helpful for showing how individual strata bend and are thrusted upwards
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/fold-mountain-formation/12924.html
An excellent summary video clip to use as a plenary (esp. if your experiment didn’t work that well!)