USGS Learning Activity: What's In My Soil?

Soil Mechanics

*Credits: United States Geological Survey (U.S.G.S.)*

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Description
Selected Topics
Web Class Assignments

The United States Geological Survey (U.S.G.S.) has developed a series of online educational resources for a variety of topics and different age groups. The target age groups span from K-2 to college students, and the topics covered include:

Biology/Ecosystems
Geography
Geology
Global Change
Natural Hazards
Ocean/Coasts
Water

In the What's in My Soil? activity, middle school level to college level students learn how to separate, examine and identify the major components of soil to better understand how these components give soil its unique physical characteristics. The activity, which can be found here, is divided in 6 sections:

Activity Sheet A: Separation
Activity Sheet B: Observations
Activity Sheet C: Computations
Activity Sheet D: Good Soil Mix
Activity Sheet E: 3-Point Diagram
Activity Sheet F: Grain Size

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