Into Thin Air Lesson Plan

Mountaineer's Survival Guide

Kind of Activity:

Research

Objective:

Students will research a relevant medical condition that pertains to the book and present their findings to the class.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.2

Structure:

A number of things can go wrong with the human body as it exerts itself at such high altitudes: among the very prominent health issues that arise on Everest are frostbite, HAPE, and HACE, in addition to any gastrointestinal distress that may arise from traveling to a foreign land.

Students will divide themselves into groups of four or five. They will select one acute health problem discussed in the book (e.g., those...