Soil Formation & Edible Horizons
Students discover what a soil profile looks like, investigate the composition of soil, and explore the five soil-forming factors and soil horizons.
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Secrets to Healthy Soils
Students determine that the diversity of life in soil contributes to soil fertility.
Properties of Soils (Grades 3-5)
Students discover that different soils have different characteristics, examine different types of soil, investigate soil components, and observe how air space allows soils to hold and transmit water.
Plants Around You
Students categorize plants into groups, describe what plants need for healthy growth, and start their own garden by planting seeds inside a cup.
Plant-Soil Interactions (Grades 3-5)
Students discover how plants and soils interact by observing root growth, considering the function of a plant’s roots, modeling the movement of water into the roots, and investigating the movement of water and nutrients throughout the plant.
Magic Beans and Giant Plants
Students plant seeds, make considerations about which conditions affect plant growth, design and conduct experiments using a problem-solving process, and compare and contrast to understand the parameters which influence the health and growth of living things.
Keeping Soil in Its Place
Students demonstrate rain drop splash (splash erosion) and determine its impact on bare soil by visually identifying types of erosion.
How Weather Impacts Farms
Students explore different types of weather and discover how weather conditions can impact farms.
Homes on the Range
Students design a board game that reinforces how rangelands provide habitat for livestock and wildlife while benefiting humans, animals, and plants and explore the responsibilities of a range manager.
Fruit and Vegetable Bingo
Students recognize the names of different fruits and vegetables and describe why they are important.
Flower Power (Grades 3-5)
Students observe physical characteristics of flowers and explore principles of pollination.
Dig 'Em Up
Students investigate the functions of roots, recognize the difference between a tap and fibrous root system, and identify the roots of some plants as edible.