Soil Experiment: Part 2

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to make their own soil mixture based on the results of the first soil experiment Students will be able to write a hypothesis Students will be able to choose controlled variables for an experiment  ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What type of soil do plants prefer? How do seeds grow? What do seeds […]

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Soil Experiment

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to plant seeds in three types of soil and compare results Students will be able to set up an experiment to test which soil helps a seed grow the best Students will be able to choose controlled variables for an experiment Students will be able to write a hypothesis ESSENTIAL […]

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Amending Soil in Spring

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to list what soil is made of Students will be able to use garden tools safely ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What do plants need to grow? What is soil? MATERIALS NEEDED PROCEDURE Introduction:This spring we are going to plant a salad garden. What might be some good crops to grow in our […]

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Building a Worm Bin

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to explore a worm bin Students will be able to make a small worm bin for their classroom Students will be able to care for the worms in their worm bin ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What is compost? Who lives in compost? How is soil alive? MATERIALS NEEDED PROCEDURE Introduction:Looking at the […]

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Soil Food Web

OBJECTIVE Students will be able to act out different parts of the soil food web Students will be able to describe decomposition ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS How does soil form?What makes soil living? MATERIALS NEEDED PROCEDURE Introduction:Display the Soil Food Web image (on a screen or as a handout). Discuss the difference between a “food chain” and […]

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Compost Game

OBJECTIVE Students roll dice to collect cards with different ingredients for compost. This game is an introduction to the term “decompose”, “compost”, and “decomposer”. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What are decomposers?What do they do?What are the ingredients in compost? MATERIALS NEEDED Compost game cardsDice PROCEDURE Before the lessons print and cut out the compost game cards. On […]

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