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Course Description: Students are presented with the 2015 Himalayan earthquake at Mt. Everest that resulted in scientists from Nepal and China collaborating to determine what, if any, changes had occurred to Mt. Everest. Students also discover that Mt. Everest is steadily moving to the NE every year. This leads to questions about whether changes are happening to other mountains in the world. Students analyze data and find that some mountains are also growing in elevation, like Mt. Everest, while other mountains are decreasing or not changing in elevation. .