Uses of Soil

We are almost done with our unit on natural resources. 

Today I gave them an experience where they had to take a potted plant and remove all the soil.  Then I asked them to put the flower back in the pot and to make it stand in the pot. I did not give them any other instructions.   I wanted them to figure it out!  After a time of playing in the soil and with the plant they started to figure it out. 

Click on the link next to the magnifying glasses for what they "figured" out.

 

Group 1 had just finished "playing around in the soil and knew what they needed to do - but had not done it yet. 




Group 2 had just started putting soil back in.





Click here to see what this scholar told us about what she discovered in two days of exploring and experiencing soil.