Life Beneath your Feet
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Description: In this activity, students will explore the variety of organisms that live in soils.
Grade Levels:
Keywords: soil microorganisms, soil life, Soil Biology
Lesson Area: Soil Biology
Resource Type: Activity, Lab Experiment
Next Generation Science Standards
| Grade | Discipline | Core Idea |
|---|---|---|
| PreK-2 | ESS2.E: Biogeology | Plants and animals can change their local environment. |
| 3-5 | ESS2.E: Biogeology | Living things can affect the physical characteristics of their environment. |
| 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 | LS4.D: Biodiversity and humans | A range of different organisms lives in different places. |
| 3-5 | LS4.D: Biodiversity and humans | Populations of organisms live in a variety of habitats. Change in those habitats affects the organisms living there. |
| 6-8 | LS4.D: Biodiversity and humans | Changes in biodiversity can influence humans' resources and ecosystem services they rely on. |
| 9-12 | LS4.D: Biodiversity and humans | Biodiversity is increased by formation of new species and reduced by extinction. Humans depend on biodiversity but also have adverse impacts on it. Sustaining biodiversity is essential to supporting life on Earth. |