PUBLICATION W292B
Environmental Science: A Recipe for Soil
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Summary
Hands-on soil science activity that explains what soil is made of and how soils form in different places. Students learn the four main soil components and the five soil-forming factors, then use a brownie recipe as an analogy for parent material, organic matter, topography, climate, and time. Includes a map-based guessing game comparing soil profiles from different regions and discussion questions about how to turn sand into healthy soil.
Publications in Series: Environmental Science
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