Utah Education Network
Uen: The Dirt on Soil
After completing this lesson, young scholars will understand the source and the process for the formation of soil, the different types of soil, and the components of soil.
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Teach Engineering: Earth Rocks!
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...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Soil Ingredients
Students are put into groups for this activity, and given a soil sample which they sort into rock particles and organic material.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Just Look All Around You
First graders will recognize the different types of soil and understand that through erosion from rocks is where we get soil.
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Massachusetts Department of Education: Sunlight Warms Earth's Surface
This unit contains a series of lessons that allow students to explore the effect of sunlight on Earth's natural surfaces of sand, soil, rock, and water. In addition, students explore how the color and material of a surface affects how...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Rain Erosion: Does the Rate of Water Effect Erosion?
In this lab, students investigate whether the rate of water falling (rain) affects the amount of erosion (soil movement). This experiment could lead to further questions: how does grass or rocks effect soil erosion, does erosion lead to...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Our Surroundings: Observing the Outdoors
Students will observe, describe, measure, compare, and contrast leaves, rocks, grass, and soil using observation and tools.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Nhmu: Our Ancient Earth the Stratigraphy Cup
Activity provides students an opportunity to make a stratigraphy cup.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: How Do Volcanoes Form? How Do They Impact Our Lives?
This class activity provides hands-on information to learners on how these volcanoes form and how they affect the plant and animal life.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Sinkholes in a Cup
Learners simulate a sinkhole, and discover the geological catalysts that happen beofore sinkholes occur.
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