21.01.2025
Where do mountains come from and how do continents drift?

Understanding Earth processes does not have to be difficult. Suitable teaching materials and a special geography lesson on geology can help.

If you have ever wondered how mountains are formed or why continents drift like ice floes, pieces of fabric, flexible foam or building blocks representing the layers of rocks in the lithosphere will explain.

Try fitting them together, bending them and squeezing them from the side to pretend they are the enormous forces that govern our planet. You'll quickly understand where the peaks you're so eager to climb came from and why the rocks are all mixed up like the poppy seed cake your grandma is baking.

And we're only a step away from learning about volcanoes, interesting experiences are in store.