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Creating and Using a Rock Testing Kit

Creating and Using a Rock Testing Kit

Materials Required: Streak plate (unglazed porcelain tile) Magnet Vinegar Pipette or eye dropper Scale Magnifying glass Copper penny Steel knife, washer, or piece of glass (like a microscope slide) Quartz (for comparison) Rocks for testing Notebook and pencil for...
Erosion Simulation with Cookies and Crackers

Erosion Simulation with Cookies and Crackers

Materials Required: Cookies or crackers (representing soil or land surface) Paper plates (one per student or group) Toothpicks (to simulate animals pecking at the soil) Water droppers Straws (to simulate wind) Notebook and pencil for recording observations Steps...
Soil Layers with Play Dough

Soil Layers with Play Dough

Materials Required: Multiple colors of play dough (brown, gray, black, yellow, etc.) Toothpicks or small flags for labeling Labels or small pieces of paper for writing names of soil layers Markers or pens for writing Plastic mats or trays for working with play dough...
Edible Soil Layers Cake Experiment

Edible Soil Layers Cake Experiment

Materials Required: Cake mix (any flavor) Chocolate frosting (to represent bedrock) Crushed chocolate cookies (to represent parent material) Crushed graham crackers (to represent subsoil) Gummy worms or jelly beans (to represent organic matter in topsoil) Chocolate...