Lesson 8 Rocks and Soils: Introducing the Phenomenon: Soils

Greetings!

We’ve learned a lot about rocks and minerals. Now let’s “dig” into soils. You have probably played in the dirt before. You have probably also noticed that soils don’t always look or feel the same from one place to another. Look at the digital poster below.

What do you notice?

What do you wonder?

 

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Assignment

Looking at the digital poster above, answer the following questions on the discussion board.

  1. What do you notice about the different soils?
  2. What do you think would happen if you planted a bean seed in each of these soils? Would it grow in all 3?

 

Click "Next" to respond to the discussion post. 

 

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