Measuring Soil Microbial Activity

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Description: Activity to measure the amount of microbial activity in the soil.
Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12
Keywords: microbes, carbon cycle, climate, ecosystems, soil quality, soil management, Soil Biology
Lesson Area: Soil Biology
Resource Type: Lab Experiment

Next Generation Science Standards

Grade Discipline Core Idea
6-8 ESS2.E: Biogeology [Content found in LS4.A and LS4.D]
9-12 ESS2.E: Biogeology The biosphere and Earth's other systems have many interconnections that cause a continual co-evolution of Earth's surface and life on it.
PreK-2 LS2.C: Ecosystem dynamics, functioning, and resilience N/A
3-5 LS2.C: Ecosystem dynamics, functioning, and resilience When the environment changes some organisms survive and reproduce, some move to new locations, some move into the transformed environment, and some die.
6-8 LS2.C: Ecosystem dynamics, functioning, and resilience N/A
9-12 LS2.C: Ecosystem dynamics, functioning, and resilience If a biological or physical disturbance to an ecosystem occurs, including one induced by human activity, the ecosystem may return to its more or less original state or become a very different ecosystem, depending on the complex set of interactions within the ecosystem.