Sarah+Landmark+Research

Due Date: Monday, February 14, 2011

Landmark name:Mount Everest

Directions:
 * Ask your parent(s) to help you use the internet for research.
 * Try one of the following websites and type in your Landmark name in the search box.
 * [|World Reviewer]
 * [|Nations Online]
 * [|Blackstump]
 * [|Great Buildlings]
 * [|CIA World Factbook]
 * [|Google Siteseeing]
 * [|Or, Google keywords "famous landmarks + asia"]
 * Cut and paste your information in the table below. We will quote and paraphrase it later.
 * Use at least 2 different Website Sources. If you use more than 4, email me and I'll make you a Website Source #5 box...
 * If you have a question, write your question in the answer box and highlight it in red . I will be checking this website and I will answer you in blue. You can also email me at rachel.retzler@yisseoul.org

** Bibliography List **
 * Website Source Example || Cut and paste information here ||
 * Website authorâ€™s LAST name || Matthews ||
 * __ Title of webpage __ || __Roman Colosseum___ ||
 * Date of posting/revision: || 2011 ||
 * Name of corporation/organization: || Artifice, Inc. ||
 * Date of access (today): || February 10, 2011 ||
 * Complete web address (URL): || [] ||


 * Website Source #1 || Cut and paste information here ||
 * Website authorâ€™s LAST name || No last name ||
 * Title of webpage || Mount Everest ||
 * Date of posting/revision: || Thursday, 03-Feb-2011 ||
 * Name of corporation/organization: || nation online ||
 * Date of access (today): || February,11,2011 ||
 * Complete web address (URL): || http://www.nationsonline.org ||


 * Website Source #2 || Cut and paste information here ||
 * Website authorâ€™s LAST name || No name ||
 * Title of webpage || south east Asia:Nepal ||
 * Date of posting/revision: || January 20 2011 ||
 * Name of corporation/organization: || CIA The World Factbook ||
 * Date of access (today): || February 12 2011 ||
 * Complete web address (URL): || [] ||


 * Website Source #3 || Cut and paste information here ||
 * Website authorâ€™s LAST name || No last name but first name is Rob ||
 * Title of webpage || Mount Everest ||
 * Date of posting/revision: || January 11 2008 ||
 * Name of corporation/organization: || Google Sight seeing ||
 * Date of access (today): || February 12 2011 ||
 * Complete web address (URL): || [] ||


 * Website Source #4 || Cut and paste information here ||
 * Website authorâ€™s LAST name ||  ||
 * Title of webpage __ ||  ||
 * Date of posting/revision: ||  ||
 * Name of corporation/organization: ||  ||
 * Date of access (today): ||  ||
 * Complete web address (URL): ||  ||

(From Bibliography  list) || Citation (Matthews, 2010, Roman Colosseum) || (This is only for man made landmarks) ||  ||   ||   || (only if man made) ||  ||   ||   || In 1978 [|Reinhold Messner] and Peter Habeler were the first to climb Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen. In 1980 Messner made the first solo ascent, which was via a new route on the mountain's north side. || 3 || [Rob 2008 Mount Everest] ||
 * Questions || ** Answer **
 * (Cut and paste) ** || Website #
 * 1. What country is your landmark in? || Mt. Everest is part of the Khumbu Himal mountain range along the border of [|Nepal] and [|Tibet] [|(China)]. || 1 || [2011 Mount Everest] ||
 * 2. When was your landmark built?
 * 2. When was your landmark built?
 * 3. Who built it?
 * 4. Describe what your landmark looks like. || The bulk of Mount Everest, between 7,000 and 8,600 m (23,000 and 28,200 ft), consists of the North Col Formation, of which the Yellow Band forms its upper part between 8,200 to 8,600 m (26,900 to 28,200 ft). The Yellow Band consists of intercalated beds of Middle [|Cambrian] diopside-epidote-bearing [|marble], which weathers a distinctive yellowish brown, and muscovite-biotite [|phyllite] and [|semischist]. Petrographic analysis of marble collected from about 8,300 m (27,200 ft) found it to consist as much as five percent of the ghosts of recrystallized crinoid ossicles. The upper five metres of the Yellow Band lying adjacent to the Qomolangma Detachment is badly deformed. A 5â€“40 cm (2â€“16 in) thick fault [|breccia] separates it from the overlying Qomolangma Formation.[|[74]][|[75]][|[77]] || 3 || [n.d. Mount Everest] ||
 * 5. What is its size? || Image showing Mount Everest, only since mid 19th century known as the highest mountain on [|Earth], measured by the height of its summit above sea level (8 850m / 29 035 ft). || 1 || [2011 Mount Everest] ||
 * 6. What is your landmark's history? Why was it built? || The Himalayas are among the youngest mountain ranges on the planet, their formation began about 70 millIion years ago. || 1 || [2011 Mout Everest] ||
 * 7. Why is it special, interesting, or famous? Are there any "juicy" details? || It is the highest mountain on earth.
 * 8. What do people do there? || They climb on the mountain. [|5]] Climbers are a significant source of [|tourist] revenue for Nepal, whose government also requires all prospective climbers to obtain an expensive permit, costing up to [|US $] 25,000 per person || 3 || [Rob 2008 Mount Everest] ||