Big Idea: Wind, water, and ice change the shape of the land.

Students will explore the composition and characteristics of different local soils and learn about what makes soil healthy.

If I asked you to name a few things that all life on the planet couldn’t live without you could probably come up with some good answers, but I bet you’d never think to say dirt.

Learn about soil, soil texture and the various layers of soil.

Students will explore the composition and characteristics of different local soils and learn about what makes soil healthy.

Explore how walking on soil changes how water soaks into the ground and why that matters to gardeners and farmers.

Students will work collaboratively to design and build a sifter that separates soil according to particle size.