Biology of Soil - Lesson 4 - Issues of Soil Degradation

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Description: Students will understand the issues that can affect soil health and reduce fertility, biodiversity, and/or overall soil health.
Grade Levels: 9-12
Keywords: extensification, intensification, urbanization, climate change, deforestation, desertification, erosion, compaction
Lesson Area: Soil Basics, Soil Mineralogy, Soil Physics, Soil Conservation, Soils and Climate
Resource Type: Teacher's Guide

Next Generation Science Standards

Grade Discipline Core Idea
9-12 ESS2.A: Earth materials and systems Feedback effects exist within and among Earth's systems.
9-12 LS1.A: Structure and function Systems of specialized cells within organisms help perform essential functions of life. Any one system in an organism is made up of numerous parts. Feedback mechanisms maintain an organism's internal conditions within certain limits and mediate behaviors.
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.
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.