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Class Conservation Corps (CCC)

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Students investigate how the loss of soil, a valuable natural resource, affects their lives through loss of productive land to grow food, loss of coastal land mass, and poor water quality from runoff. They design a project to keep soil from eroding.

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erosion, soil

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erosion, soil, science
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Grade
5th - 8th
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Science
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For Teacher Use
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