A Small Collection of Resources for Learning About Mount Everest

The Himalaya climbing season is just beginning. This is a good time for lessons about Mount Everest and the Himalaya in general. Concepts in...

Is Denali Shrinking? - A Mountain Math Lesson

Thanks to The Adventure Blog over the weekend I learned that Denali - AKA Mt. McKinley - has been re-measured. The mountain is now listed 8...

Go On a Virtual Trek to Everest and Learn About Glaciers

Glacier Works, Microsoft, and David Breashears have collaborated to develop a great new site called Everest: Rivers of Ice . Everest: Rivers...

The Sherpa's Story of Mount Everest

Yesterday, I posted some resources for learning about Mount Everest along with the news that Google Maps now contains Street View imagery of...

Street View of Everest Base Camp - And Other Resources for Learning About Mount Everest

The big news from Google today was the release of Street View imagery for Mount Everest, Mount Aconcagua, Mount Elbrus, and Mount Kilimanja...

Explore Mount Everest's Khumbu Glacier in HD

Crossing Mount Everest's Khumbu icefall is the first hazard mountaineers face when attempting to climb Mount Everest from the south side...

What It Is Really Like to Climb Mount Everest

Image Credit: Carsten.Nebel As many long time readers of this blog know, I am fascinated by Mount Everest and the Himalayas in general. This...

Glacier Works - Before and After Glacier Images

Glacier Works is a non-profit organization studying the shrinking glaciers of the Himalaya and the impact of glacier melt on the people of ...

Follow Along on a Mount Everest Expedition

One of last week's most popular posts was 7 Resources for Teaching and Learning About Mount Everest . A couple of days ago I discovered ...

7 Resources for Teaching and Learning About Mount Everest

This is one of those posts that I write every year just because this is one of my "pet topics." Visiting the Himalayas is on my li...

Mount Everest, How Tall Is It? - A Mathematics Mystery

Image Credit: Carsten.Nebel Last night I started to read Mount Everest, The Reconnaissance 1921 which I downloaded for free from Google Boo...

Live Mount Everest Webcam

Long-time readers of Free Technology for Teachers might know that one of my pet topics and lifetime goals is to visit the Himalayas. Therefo...

21 Times to the Top of the World - Lessons About Mount Everest

The spring Himalaya climbing season is starting to get underway. This evening the Adventure Blog had a story about Apa Sherpa attempting to...

Learn About Mount Everest in 3D

As some readers of this blog know, one of my long-term dreams is to visit the Himalayas. In the past I've shared some resources for tea...

4 Ways to View the World in Panoramic

Google Maps Streetview provides a great way for students to explore cities and interesting places around the world. As good as Streetview i...

Bottom of the Ocean to the Top of the World

Today's episode of CNN Student News takes viewers from the bottom of the ocean to the top of the world. In today's episode students...

Virtual Climb of Mount Everest

Last week, in advance of Discovery's Everest: Beyond the Limit series, I posted some information for teaching and learning about Moun...

Learn About Mount Everest

Tonight on Discovery the third season of Everest: Beyond the Limit begins. The series chronicles the efforts of amateur mountain climbers a...

Farther Than the Eye Can See

If you're looking for an inspirational story to watch for yourself and or to share with your students, they don't get much better th...