Soil Lessons: 6-8

Soil Your Undies

Learn about soil health by soiling your undies - burying cotton underwear and digging them back up several months later!

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PK-2 Lessons

3-5 Lessons

6-8 Lessons

9-12 Lessons

Agriculture Measures Up

Students will use problem-solving and everyday math to calculate the correct amount of fertilizer needed to nourish their lawn.

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3-5 Lessons

6-8 Lessons

Soil Erosion

Students will use soil erosion data to complete mathematical problems to create and use a bar graph.

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3-5 Lessons

6-8 Lessons

Soil Logic Puzzle

In this activity, students will learn how to make an edible soil profile, then use an elimination grid to solve a puzzle.

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3-5 Lessons

6-8 Lessons

Soil Search, Sample & Analysis

In this lesson, students will prepare soil samples from several areas in order to test pH levels.

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3-5 Lessons

6-8 Lessons

Soil: The Secret to Our Survival

This activity sends students on a web quest to explore aspects of this critical natural resource in order to develop infographics, PSAs, or videos to raise awareness of soil’s importance.

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3-5 Lessons

6-8 Lessons

Understanding the Soil Triangle

Students will use the soil triangle to find what types of soil they have and to find various geometric shapes found within the triangle.

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3-5 Lessons

6-8 Lessons