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Description: Within this gallery you will find a collection of media files in a variety of formats (images, animations, videos, documents, figures). The materials have been submitted by SSSA members and those with relevant soils materials that are applicable for educational purposes.
Grade Levels: PreK-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Keywords: soil images, soil animations, soil videos, soil photographs, soil photos, soil figures, Soil Basics, Soil Biology, Soil Chemistry, Soil Mineralogy, Soil Physics, Soils and Plant Growth, Soil Conservation
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Next Generation Science Standards

Grade	Discipline	Core Idea
PreK-2	ESS2.A: Earth materials and systems	Wind and water change the shape of the land.
3-5	ESS2.A: Earth materials and systems	Four major Earth systems interact. Rainfall helps to shape the land and affects the types of living things found in a region. Water, ice, wind, organisms, and gravity break rocks, soils, and sediments into smaller pieces and move them around.
6-8	ESS2.A: Earth materials and systems	Energy flows and matter cycles within and among Earth's systems, including the sun and Earth's interior as primary energy sources. Plate tectonics is one result of these processes.
9-12	ESS2.A: Earth materials and systems	Feedback effects exist within and among Earth's systems.
PreK-2	ESS3.A: Natural resources	Living things need water, air, and resources from the land, and they live in places that have the things they need. Humans use natural resources for everything they do.
3-5	ESS3.A: Natural resources	Energy and fuels humans use are derived from natural sources and their use affects the environment. Some resources are renewable over time, others are not.
6-8	ESS3.A: Natural resources	Humans depend on Earth's land, ocean, atmosphere, and biosphere for different resources, many of which are limited or not renewable. Resources are distributed unevenly around the planet as a result of past geologic processes.
9-12	ESS3.A: Natural resources	Resource availability has guided the development of human society and use of natural resources has associated costs, risks, and benefits.
PreK-2	LS1.B: Growth and development of organisms	Parents and offspring often engage in behaviors that help the offspring survive.
3-5	LS1.B: Growth and development of organisms	Reproduction is essential to every kind of organism. Organisms have unique and diverse life cycles.
6-8	LS1.B: Growth and development of organisms	Animals engage in behvaviors that increase the odds of reproduction. An organism's growth is affected by both genetic and environmental factors.
9-12	LS1.B: Growth and development of organisms	Growth and division of cells in organisms occurs by mitosis and differentiation for specific cell types.
PreK-2	LS1.C: Organization for matter and energy flow in organisms	Animals obtain food they need from plants or other animals. Plants need water and light.
3-5	LS1.C: Organization for matter and energy flow in organisms	Food provides animals with the materials and energy they need for body repair, growth, warmth, and motion. Plants acquire material for growth chiefly from air, water, and process matter and obtain energy from sunlight, which is used to maintain conditions necessary for survival.
6-8	LS1.C: Organization for matter and energy flow in organisms	Plants use the energy from light to make sugars through photosynthesis. Within individual organisms, food is broken down through a series of chemical reactions that rearrange molecules and release energy.
9-12	LS1.C: Organization for matter and energy flow in organisms	The hydrocarbon backbones of sugars produced through photosynthesis are used to make amino acids and other molecules that can be assembled into proteins or DNA. Through cellular respiration, matter and energy flow through different organizational levels of an organism as elements are recombined to form different products and transfer energy.
PreK-2	LS2.A: Interdependent relationships in ecosystems	Plants depend on water and light to grow, and also depend on animals for pollination or to move their seeds around.
3-5	LS2.A: Interdependent relationships in ecosystems	The food of almost any animal can be traced back to plants. Organisms are related in food webs in which some animals eat plants for food and other animals eat the animals that eat plants, while decomposers restore some materials back to the soil.
6-8	LS2.A: Interdependent relationships in ecosystems	Organisms and populations are dependent on their environmental interactions both with other living things and with nonliving factors, any of which can limit their growth. Competitive, predatory, and mutually beneficial interactions vary across ecosystems but the patterns are shared.
9-12	LS2.A: Interdependent relationships in ecosystems	Ecosystems have carrying capacities resulting from biotic and abiotic factors. The fundamental tension between resource availability and organism populations affects the abundance of species in any given ecosystem.