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SCRUMPTIOUS SOIL

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Young scholars engage in investigations that lead to the discovery that earth materials consist of rocks, soils, water, and air. They build models of soil profiles, using breakfast cereal and other edible materials. They observe how water moves through the "soil."

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3rd - 6th
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Science
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