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Investigation Question 5:
What lives in the soil?

Preparation

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What to do

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Assessment

Preparation

Teaching and Learnig Focus

In earlier investigations in this soil unit, students mostly focused on the inorganic parts of the soil profile. In this investigation, students will observe some of the living things in soil.

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Materials Needed

For each group of four students:

  • hand lenses
  • plastic tweezers
  • flat wooden sticks
  • small plastic cups
  • 3 foam trays
  • markers to label trays
  • non-latex disposable gloves
  • newspapers to cover tables
  • posterboard to make a soil organism web
  • samples of freshly dug garden soil containing earthworms and other organic items

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Safety

This investigation is considered generally safe to do with students, but they should wear non-latex disposable globes and must wash their hands when they finish. As always, please review the investigation for your specific setting, materials, students, and conventional safety precautions.

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