Ag-Venture with Soil
Students can learn more about the importance of soil while developing non-fiction reading skills. Content Areas: Science, Literacy, ELA
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Candy Core Sampling
Learn about soil layers using your favorite candy bar! Content Area: Science
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Classroom Vermicomposting
Make compost right in your classroom with the help of worms! Content Area: Science
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Soil Coloring Pages
Help students learn more about soil and compost by coloring in these educational coloring pages!
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Mighty Macronutrients
Dig into soil chemistry with this lesson all about the three primary macronutrients needed in the soil for plant growth! Content Areas: Science, Literacy, ELA
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Play-Doh Core Sampling
Students will love learning about soil layers with this unique inquiry activity using play-doh. Content Area: Science
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Say It With Soil
Engage students in deep thinking about short texts with this compelling discussion-based activity centered around soil. Content Area: Social Studies, Literacy, ELA
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Slice of Soil
Demonstrate to students how little of the Earth's surface is suitable for production agriculture with this engaging activity using an apple. Content Areas: Science, Math
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Soil Cereal Stack
Build a soil profile and learn about the soil horizons using your favorite breakfast cereals! Content Area: Science
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Soil Sam
Teach students about seed germination and the difference between monocots and dicots with this fun and silly extended activity. Content Areas: Math, Science
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Soil Sleuths: The Case of the Grieving Gardeners
Complete this fun and engaging escape room activity to help the Grieving Gardeners learn why their vegetable garden did not grow well! Content Area: Science
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Soil Your Undies
Learn about soil health by soiling your undies - burying cotton underwear and digging them back up several months later! Content Area: Science
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Agriculture Measures Up
Students will use problem-solving and everyday math to calculate the correct amount of fertilizer needed to nourish their lawn. Content Areas: Math, Literacy, ELA
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Soil Erosion
Students will use soil erosion data to complete mathematical problems to create and use a bar graph. Content Areas: Math, Science, Literacy, ELA
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Soil Logic Puzzle
In this activity, students will learn how to make an edible soil profile, then use an elimination grid to solve a puzzle. Content Areas: Math, Literacy, ELA
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Soil Search, Sample & Analysis
In this lesson, students will prepare soil samples from several areas in order to test pH levels. Content Areas: Science, Literacy, ELA
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Soil: The Secret to Our Survival
This activity sends students on a web quest to explore aspects of this critical natural resource in order to develop infographics, PSAs, or videos to raise awareness of soil’s importance. Content Area: Social Studies, Literacy, ELA
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Understanding the Soil Triangle
Students will use the soil triangle to find what types of soil they have and to find various geometric shapes found within the triangle. Content Areas: Math, Literacy, ELA
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What is Soil?
Students will explore what soil is composed of, as well as the textures of soil. Content Areas: Science, Literacy, ELA
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Winogradsky Columns
Observe the behavior and interactions of soil microorganisms by building a self-contained environment! Content Area: Science
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