From Science Buddies: This project shows you how you can test soil in your neighborhood for lead contamination.

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Organization
Science Buddies
Discipline
Earth and Space Sciences
Grade Level
6-8
9-12
Lesson Area
Soil Chemistry
Soils in Urban Environments
Lesson Type
Activity
Lab Experiment
Lesson Keywords
Lead
urban soil
hazards
environmental

Next Generation Science Standards

Grade Discipline Core Idea
6-8 ESS3.C: Human impacts on Earth systems

Human activities have altered the biosphere, sometimes damaging it, although changes to environments can have different impacts for different living things. Activities and technologies can be engineered to reduce people's impacts on Earth.
9-12 ESS3.C: Human impacts on Earth systems

Sustainability of human societies and the biodiversity that supports them requires responsible management of natural resources, including the development of technologies.