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Soil and Sustainability (Grades 6-8)

Students are introduced to the Dust Bowl and determine how to avoid another event like it in the future as they study soil texture, particle sizes, soil nutrients, and pH.

Grades
6 – 8
Estimated Time
4-6 class periods
Updated
November 6, 2023
plowed field
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Background

Lesson Activities

Credits

Author

Nourish the Future

Acknowledgements

This lesson is from the Soil and Sustainability unit created by Nourish the Future.

Standards

National Content Area Standards

  • Science
    • MS-ESS3: Earth and Human Activity
      • MS-ESS3-1: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth's mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes.
    • MS-LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
      • MS-LS2-3: Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and non-living parts of an ecosystem.