Students will design and build a structure to support a rock. Students will use their knowledge of movement of objects to determine the proper base to be built to support their rock. Students will explore their natural area for...

Students classify and record objects they find "underground." For this observation lesson, students dig into bins filled with soil and encounter various objects such as bark, twigs, etc. Students classify their findings.

Students explore the concept of soil and decomposition. For this soil and decomposition lesson, students investigate bags of soil. Students then learn how  animals and other organisms help in the decomposition process.