

You're the Expert: Soil
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Science
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3rd - 4th Grade
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Medium
Standards-aligned
Kelci Vandiver
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9 Slides • 3 Questions
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You're the Expert: Soil
A real-world scenario.

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Scenario
Your a soil expert for Portsmouth Soil Company
Your assigned to the location for the new elementary school
The site used to be a parking lot.
Most of the top soil and sub soil was removed years ago.
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3 areas need soil
Picnic Table Area
Vegetable Garden Area
Playground Area
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Your Job:
Prepare a soil recommendation for each area of the new school location. Your recommendation will need to help the school board understand why soil is important and why you chose the soil type for each location.
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Multiple Select
What does your soil recommendation need to include?
A drawing
A soil type for each area.
The reason soil is important.
A reason you choose each soil type.
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Let's review the Soil Data
Thankfully another soil expert collected the data for us.
On the next slide you'll see the number of flowers that grew in each type of soil.
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Multiple Choice
What type of soil should you use if you want plants to grow?
Sand
Clay
Humus
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Water Retention
That same soil expert gave us day on water retention too.
On the next slide you'll see data showing how much water drained out of the soil. Remember if the number is high it means the soil DID NOT hold water well.
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Multiple Choice
Which type of soil would you use if you DID NOT want puddles to form.
Sand
Clay
Humus
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Congratulations
You are ready to make your recommendation.
Complete the asssignment in Schoology to prepare for your presentation.
You're the Expert: Soil
A real-world scenario.

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