Lesson plan

Have You Ever Wanted to Play in the Dirt? Learning about Soil


GeoSTEM ELL

Description

Soil is important to all things that grow on land including, plants, animals, and humans. Soil is an important resource to protect and use sustainably. In this lesson, students will conduct an investigation to obtain, evaluate, and communicate the properties of soil. Students will then apply their understanding of soil properties to learn how Native Americans used soil to make pottery.

Duration

3 class periods

Author

Elissa
Gonzalez

Standards

4: The physical and human characteristics of places
15: How physical systems affect human systems

Teacher Instructions

GonzalezDirtT.pdf (124.15 KB)

Student Materials

GonzalezDirtS1.pdf (46.38 KB)
GonzalezDirt.pptx (1.92 MB)
GonzalezDirtS.pdf (109.36 KB)

Materials To Assist Teachers and English Language Learners

Supplemental Files