Let’s Watch A Video About Soil!
How to Make a Mud Pie
Soil has many mineral particles.
SAND
SILT
CLAY
These minerals come from
INORGANIC things.
(Things that were never alive)
BOULDERS
ROCKS
PEBBLES
Soil also has ORGANIC matter.
(living or once living things)
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Dead plants
Decaying plants
Dead bugs and animals
Living creatures and microorganisms
Look at the soil in your tube.
• Are all the particles of soil the same size?
• Do you see anything in the soil that might once have
been part of a plant?
• Does your soil sample have organic matter?
• Does your soil sample have any inorganic matter?
Let’s fill your tube half full of
water.
• What do you see?
• Where do the bubbles come from?
Put the cap on your tube.
Hold onto it tightly, and shake it
gently 20 times.
•Are the soil materials in the tube moving with
the water?
•What do you notice when you stop shaking it?
Let’s Let Your Soil Tube Sit
Overnight and See What
Happens!
Tomorrow we’ll use the Soil
Particle Layering sheet in your
Soil Scientist Folder to draw a
picture and label what you see!