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Document Type
Article
Abstract
Soil is common to all of us, so common that few people think about it and its importance in our everyday lives. The activity presented here provides an analogy useful for helping students design experiments and explore how soil particle size affects its behavior. Originally a simple “cookbook” demonstration for community college students, we restructured it to be more inquiry oriented so that it mentally engages students and promotes several important goals for science teaching. We believe the modified activity is applicable across a broad grade/age range, perhaps from upper elementary to some introductory post-secondary science courses. This activity promotes National Science Education Content Standards A, B, D, and E, and Iowa Teaching Standards 2, 3, 4 and 6.
Publication Date
Spring 2007
Journal Title
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Volume
34
Issue
2
First Page
18
Last Page
23
Copyright
© Copyright 2007 by the Iowa Academy of Science
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Wilson, Sally and Bojja, Meher Vani
(2007)
"The Ground We Walk On: An Effective Analogy for Exploring Soil Characteristics,"
Iowa Science Teachers Journal: Vol. 34:
No.
2, Article 6.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/istj/vol34/iss2/6