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PBS

Pbs: Everest

For Students 9th - 10th
The companion web site to NOVA programs on Mt. Everest: Lost on Everest, High Exposure: Humans at Altitude, Climb, History and Culture, Earth, Wind, and ice, Previous Expeditions, and Resources.
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Website
Other

The Royal Geographic Society: Imaging Everest

For Students 9th - 10th
The online version of an exhibition created to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first successful ascent of Mt. Everest in 1953. The photographs, maps, and artifacts in the exhibition trace Everest from its early exploration in the...
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Lesson Plan
National Geographic

National Geographic: Everest Past and Present

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson builds upon a National Geographic film covering George Mallory's effort to climb Mount Everest in 1924. It examines the evolution of the equipment used to climb Everest, comparing today's equipment to that used by Mallory in...
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Lesson Plan
National Geographic

National Geographic: Shaping the Tallest Peak on Earth

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson builds upon a National Geographic film covering George Mallory's effort to climb Mount Everest in 1924. It looks at the physical features of mountains, and the landform features of Mount Everest that present challenges to...
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Lesson Plan
National Geographic

National Geographic: Measuring Elevation Past and Present

For Teachers 6th - 8th
One of a series of lessons created to accompany the film The Wildest Dream: Conquest of Everest, which explores the attempt by George Mallory in 1924 to reach the top of Mount Everest. His body was discovered 75 years later. In this...
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Interactive
The Washington Post

Washington Post: Scaling Everest

For Students 5th - 8th
Climb Mt. Everest with this elevation chart that marks landmarks as you make your way up. Landmarks will give you a description of the site as well as an audio recording from three climbers who made the journey.
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Website
American Academy of Achievement

Academy of Achievement: Sir Edmund Hillary

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the life of Sir Edmund Hillary, the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest, along with his Sherpa guide, Tenzing Norgay. Includes a profile, videos, and a photo gallery.
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Other

2 Go Mt. Everest

For Students 9th - 10th
Photographs and brief description of the tallest mountain in the world.