The Dish on Soil...

As part of our science unit on rocks and soil, we did a science lab to see if there are different types of soil. We started with the essential question: Are there different types of soil? Students then recorded their hypothesis. After materials were gathered, students observed soil types 1, 2, and 3. They recorded their data on the worksheet below.

Based on the data collected, students concluded that there were different types of soil. Some reasons students gave were that "each soil grows different plants," "the soils look different," and "the different soils are found in different places."

We will be concluding our unit on soil and rocks and beginning a new unit on the life cycle of beans this week.