Reflections from the Foxes

The following song was written by the 9 to 12 year old children in the Red Fox Clan to culminate their study on plate tectonics.

Tectonic Lane

Verse 1

Tectonic plates they drift apart and then collide again

They make the trenches and the mountains of our earth

And the oceanic plates subduct to the continental ones.

Verse 2

The tectonic plates they form the lakes and once a country (Japan!)

The magma chambers rise to make the island chains

And when those big plates meet they make earthquakes

Chorus

Tectonic plates beneath my feet are oh so fine

There beneath the black and ashy skies volcanoes erupt

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Tectonic Lane Song Written by the Children of Mountain Road School

"The people matter at Mountain Road School"
Parent, Sarah Proechel

"At Mountain Road School I really feel like I'm learning. At my old school it felt like the learning was just...bouncing off me." Milo Robbins-Zust, Grade 5

"I appreciate its openness to all people and the attention it gives to each and every student." Kyle Johnson, Grade 6

"Progress does not have to be patented to be worthwhile. Progress can also be measured by our interactions with nature and its preservation. Can we teach children to look at a flower and see all the things it represents: beauty, the health of an ecosystem, and the potential for healing? "
— Richard Louv (Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder)