Use this interactive website to learn everything you wanted to know about the four components of soil: minerals, organic, water, and air. Many links along the way assist with comprehension by allowing you to view photographs, charts, and...

Fourth graders study the differences between humus, sand, and clay soil.

Students measure the permeability of different types of soils, compare results and realize the importance of size, voids and density in permeability response.

Earthquakes can have different affects depending on their location. This week long exercise asks you to build a model house and a special table to shake it on, and see how different soil types can amplify shaking.

Students make predictions about the erosion of three types of soil. The three soil types contain varying amounts of vegetation. This investigation requires the construction of an erosion table. The activity takes only 45 minutes, but the...

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Different types of erosion are discussed along with suggested ways to solve erosion problems on farms in this two-page article.

Assess your understanding of the various ingredients and types of soil with this interactive multiple choice quiz. Immediate feedback is available.

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Find out about the two major factors that affect soil formation.

Students examine soil samples for this activity and decide classify them according to whether they are sandy, silty or clay.

Students will work in small groups to dig holes 1 meter deep. Students will work with measurements as they dig and measure. Students will observe the different types of soil and how the soil changes as they dig. Students will write and...

In this soil study, students investigate a soil sample to discover what is inside the soil. Working in partners, they explore to see if there are any plants, animals, dirt, or other (water and air) in the soil.

In this environment-oriented experiment, you will mix it up with earthworms, soil, and various types of organic kitchen scraps. The basic idea is to set up small earthworm colonies to compost different types of food waste. You test the...

First graders will recognize the different types of soil and understand that through erosion from rocks is where we get soil.

The purpose of this activity is to demonstrate the importance of rocks, soils and minerals in engineering and how using the right material for the right job is important. The students build three different sand castles and test them for...

Heidi lives in Norway. She notices that plants grow on land, but also underwater. Help her figure out other places that plants grow.

Lesson plans from Michigan Reach Out! to help young scholars understand the different soil types and what uses they would be good for.

Soils are made of particles of different types and sizes. The space between particles is called pore space. Pore space determines the amount of water that a given volume of soil can hold. Porosity is the percentage of the total volume of...

The purpose of this lesson is to introduce students to the basic elements of our Earth's crust: rocks, soils and minerals. They learn how we categorize rocks, soils and minerals and how they are literally the foundation for our...

Here's a project for studying compression waves in different soil types. It uses a homemade wave tank for solids, with a frequency generator, amplifier, and loudspeaker as the vibration source. There are lots of interesting possibilities...

Read this article to learn how scientists are using instruments to try and monitor our land biosphere. Scientists have learned two different types of models to help track data from our land.

Come along with the Agronauts and discover space in order to report back to Commander Spud Goodroot. Fun site provides all types of information about space science! Various missions include: 'What's In Our Sky?', 'The Root of the...