Hands on activity where soil is soaked in water and allowed to change color.

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Discipline
Physical Sciences
Grade Level
9-12
Lesson Area
Soil Chemistry
Lesson Type
Activity
Lesson Keywords
Soil color
Iron oxides
Rust
Oxidation
Reduction
redox
anaerobic
aerobic
Soil chemistry

Next Generation Science Standards

Grade Discipline Core Idea
9-12 PS1.A: Structure of matter (includes PS1.C Nuclear Processes)

The sub-atomic structural model and interactions between electric charges at the atomic scale can be used to explain the structure and interactions of matter, including chemical reactions and nuclear processes. Repeating patterns of the periodic table reflect patterns of outer electrons. A stable molecule has less energy than the same set of atoms separated; one must provide at least this energy to take the molecule apart. 
9-12 PS1.B: Chemical reactions

Chemical processes are understood in terms of collisions of molecules, rearrangement of atoms, and changes in energy as determined by properties of elements involved.