By dividing the soil environments into a model of an apartment building--with inhabitants on the basement, ground level, and upper levels--students learn what animals make homes in each soil habitat.

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Discipline
Life Sciences
Grade Level
3-5
6-8
PreK-2
Lesson Area
Soil Biology
Lesson Type
Activity
Lesson Keywords
Organisms
animals
Soil Habitat
Horizon
Soil Biology

Next Generation Science Standards

Grade Discipline Core Idea
3-5 LS2.C: Ecosystem dynamics
3-5
3-5
6-8 LS2.C: Ecosystem dynamics
6-8
6-8
PreK-2 LS2.C: Ecosystem dynamics
PreK-2
PreK-2