Soil - Formation/Quality/Stewardship
6.E.2.3 - SWBAT explain how the formation of soil is related to the parent rock type and the environment in which it develops.
6.E.2.4 - SWBAT conclude that the good health of humans requires: monitoring the lithosphere, maintaining soil quality and stewardship.
- I will examine soil properties.
- I will demonstrate ph level of the soil.
- I will evaluate water flow through different types of soil.
- I will identify the characteristics of rocks.
- I will identify the characteristics of minerals.
- I will identify how we use rocks and minerals.
- I will explain how rocks move through the rock cycle
6.E.2.4 - SWBAT conclude that the good health of humans requires: monitoring the lithosphere, maintaining soil quality and stewardship.
- I will determine how humans affect the Earth positively and negatively.
- I will use remote sensing to better understand human impact on the earth.
- I will explain why soil is a necessary resource.
- I will explain how sustainable vegetative cover, crop rotation, and conservation plowing will affect the Earth’s pedosphere
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NCSU's College Day-Agronomy Department Recruitment Flyer
Scenario: You are a college student in the North Carolina State University’s Agronomy Department and your professor has asked you to attend and present at the Crosby Scholar College Fair in Winston-Salem. You have been put in charge of creating an attractive informational document which will educate and recruit members to apply to your program. Your target audience will be high school juniors. After brainstorming with colleagues from your department, it is agreed that there are several important pieces of information that need to be included in the finished product.
Panel 1: Name the university, program and explain agronomy. Tug on people's heart strings and get them emotionally involved in what you have to say by bringing in a real world problem that is directly related to agronomy.
Panel 2: Weathering Agents (Chemical vs. Mechanical)?
Panel 3: Soil Facts - Soil Composition/Soil Texture/Soil Horizons?
Panel 4: Rate of Soil Formation - Explain what affects the rate of soil formation.
Panel 5: What is remote sensing and how is it used to study human's impact on soil/Earth?
Panel 6: Importance of soil - Why is soil important? How is it used?
Panel 7: Common misuses of soil and the negative consequences?
Panel 8: Soil stewardship and advances in this field of agronomy.
The finished product should meet the following requirements:
Timeline
Resources to Consider:
Panel 1: Name the university, program and explain agronomy. Tug on people's heart strings and get them emotionally involved in what you have to say by bringing in a real world problem that is directly related to agronomy.
Panel 2: Weathering Agents (Chemical vs. Mechanical)?
Panel 3: Soil Facts - Soil Composition/Soil Texture/Soil Horizons?
Panel 4: Rate of Soil Formation - Explain what affects the rate of soil formation.
Panel 5: What is remote sensing and how is it used to study human's impact on soil/Earth?
Panel 6: Importance of soil - Why is soil important? How is it used?
Panel 7: Common misuses of soil and the negative consequences?
Panel 8: Soil stewardship and advances in this field of agronomy.
The finished product should meet the following requirements:
- Include the logo of NCSU
- High quality, legible and neat
- Colorful
- Free of spelling and grammatical errors
- Multiple visuals
- Technology should be considered if your handwriting would lessen the overall quality of the finished product
Timeline
- Day #1 - Research (weathering/erosion/deposition)
- Day #2 - Research (minerals/rocks/rock cycle)
- Day #3 - Research (soil - composition, formation, texture, horizons, rate of formation)
- Day #4 - Research (remote sensing, importance of soil)
- Day #5 - Research (misuses of soil/consequences, soil stewardship, advances in agronomy)
- Day #6 - Wrap it up
- Day #7 - College Day (Share)
Resources to Consider:
- Videos
- Lithosphere note guide
- CK-12 Flexbooks
- Prentice Hall Textbook: Earth's Changing Surface
- Links on my science website (soil label)
Rocks and Minerals
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Weathering and Erosion
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Soil
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