This activity provides a unique lesson for students to learn about life interactions on our planet.

Discipline
Earth and Space Sciences
Grade Level
3-5
PreK-2
Lesson Area
Soil Basics
Lesson Type
Activity
Lesson Keywords
Ecology
Water
Plants
Air
Sun

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.

PreK-2 ESS2.A: Earth materials and systems

Wind and water change the shape of the land.