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An experiment that has students stretch hosiery over the rim of a baby food jar and after adding soil and grass seeds. Students create Soil Sammy – the grass becomes hair. Older students can experiment with fertilizer, soil types and water balance.
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Discuss soil contents (nutrients, minerals, bits of leaves, decaying material), origins (erosion, break down of decay, animal waste), importance (feed/anchor plants), types and characteristics. Students examine and describe each type of soil. Outside students find and describe different types of soil. Wrap-up: review soil characteristics and uses.
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Students use their angle skills to measure and sketch different angles found in the schoolyard. Wrap up: Discuss different objects chosen by students.
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Have students use their best listening skills to fill the chart; make sure they spend 3 minutes in each location and record what they hear. Wrap up: Discuss the different sounds and where they came from.
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Have students use their best listening skills to fill the chart and record what they hear. Make a bar graph of the different sounds. Wrap up: Discuss the graphs, different sounds and where they came from.
