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What Makes Up Your Profile?

Students observe soil changes in relationship to depth and identify factors associated with soil formation.

Grades
3 – 5
Estimated Time
Three 30-minute activities
Updated
January 25, 2023

Background

Lesson Activities

Credits

Author

Debra Spielmaker | Utah Agriculture in the Classroom

Sources

  1. http://www.blm.gov/nstc/soil/Kids/facts.html
  2. http://extension.psu.edu/plants/crops/soil-management/soil-quality/some-facts-about-soil-basics

Standards

National Content Area Standards

  • Social Studies – History
    • NCSS 3 (Grades 3-5): People, Places, and Environments
      • Objective 4: Factors influencing various community, state, and regional patterns of human settlement, such as the availability of land and water, and places for people to live.
  • Science
    • 4-ESS2: Earth's Systems
      • 4-ESS2-1: Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation.