Creating a Soil Mini-Monolith
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Description: An overview of soil horizons and a description of how to make soil profile cards (mini-monoliths) is provided. Adapted from a USDA-NRCS activity.
Grade Levels: 3-5, 6-8
Keywords: horizon, monolith, profile
Lesson Area: Soil Basics
Resource Type: Activity
Next Generation Science Standards
| Grade | Discipline | Core Idea |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |