Geology Lesson | The Roots of the Mountain

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Published 2024-04-12
Did you know that mountains have roots? Much like an iceberg where you only see the tip above the water, and the majority of the iceberg is below water, so to are mountains, where just the tip is visible on the the surface of the planet, while the remainder of the mountain goes deep below the surface. Did you also know that the crust of the earth is thicker under mountain ranges? And did you know that the roots of mountains penetrate deep into the mantle? They are still considered part of the crust, but they anchor themselves deep into the mantle. 

In today’s lesson, we referred to several verses of the Quran, which speak about how the mountains are fixed firmly, or are like pegs.
Mountains are mentioned over 30 times in the Quran. I chose five eyes that speak about how the mountains are laid, and firmly fixed.

I intended to include all of these, but only had room for one. In retrospect, I should have done this entry as a two page layout with all of the written portion on one page and the illustration on the opposing page.

We will likely do another entry that includes more Ayats from the Quran.

For reference, we intended to use the following versus: 88:18-20, 21:31, 78:6-7, 15:19, 13:3.

For this entry, we sourced online information and an online diagram which I copied into the main lesson book. My daughter copied this entry into her main lesson book, copying my example, including the paragraph which she did as copy work. 

You can find the complete list of materials we used for this unit, including pictures, links and descriptions of each book or kit, videos, resources and more at the blog post that accompanies this video:
www.pepperandpine.com/mineralogy-geology-and-earth…
All Comments (4)
  • @maefouad
    I incredibly appreciate how you tie this with Quran and Sunnah whenever possible. Thank you so much, Hana.
  • @nilajatroy7347
    I love this! We are Christians, but the concept carries over to the Bible. Thank you.
  • @lh3003
    Does your daughter design her own illustrations or will she do same as yours ❤