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Determine Soil Particle Size Lesson Plan

Determine Soil Particle Size Lesson Plan

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Determine Soil Particle Size

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Students examine various soil samples in groups. Using the samples, they identify the characteristics of them and calculate percolation and infiltration rates. They use this information to discover why some species can survive in one area of an estuary and not the other.

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particles, soil

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particles, sizes, soils, science

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9th - 12th

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1 hr

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