ESS3.A: Natural resources
Nourishing the Planet High School Materials
Discipline
Earth and Space Sciences
Lesson Keywords
soil nutrients
Nitrogen
Phosphorus
Fertilizer
Land Management
nutrient management
Essential Elements
Soil chemistry
This five-lesson unit for grades 8-12 uses agriculture to introduce chemistry and environmental science concepts in a way that is relevant to students’ lives.
Discipline
Earth and Space Sciences
Lesson Keywords
Chemistry
Fertilizer
water quality
nutrient management
Soil chemistry
In this module, students explore the resources that make up our agricultural system in order to answer the question: can we feed the growing population?
Discipline
Earth and Space Sciences
Lesson Keywords
Land-use
Agriculture
Natural Resource
Human Impact
Soil Conservation
This activity, created by FirstGreen, takes students out to the golf course to learn about the components of soil, soil nutrients, and soil pH.
Discipline
Earth and Space Sciences
Lesson Keywords
Culture
soil nutrients
Soils and Artc/Culture
Soil chemistry
Students travel back in time to the year 1100 AD as serfs, and carry out soil investigations to propose solutions for the problem of poor wheat production on a feudal manor.
Discipline
Earth and Space Sciences
Lesson Area
Soil Forensics/Archaeology
Lesson Keywords
Culture
History
land use
Soil Forensics/Archaeology
Students analyze the change in California’s population relative to the change in the Dust Bowl states’ population during the 1920s and 1930s.
Discipline
Earth and Space Sciences
Lesson Keywords
Dust Bowl
Soil Erosion
GIS
affecting soil degradation
Human Impact
Soil Conservation
GIS activity relating Soils to Agricultural Patterns
Discipline
Earth and Space Sciences
Lesson Keywords
Agriculture
Culture
GIS
Soils and Agriculture
A variety of activities for multiple grades with hints on how to tie technology into the lessons.
Discipline
Earth and Space Sciences
Lesson Keywords
Plant Growth
Plants
Soils and Plant Growth
Soil particles
Soil Engineering
Conservation
Soils and Plant Growth
Soil Basics
Soil Conservation
Soil Mineralogy
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