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Instructional Video3:45
Learning Games Lab

Soil Infiltration: Soil Porosity Testing

9th - 12th Standards
Soil pollution has a longer reach than may seem possible. A video presentation demonstrates how a seemingly isolated soil contamination spreads and even reaches waterways. The lesson demonstrates how scientists conduct porosity tests...
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Instructional Video3:43
New Mexico State University

Soil Sampling: Random Sampling a Small Field with Hammer Probe

9th - 12th
There's some serious science behind farming! A quick video lesson presents the process of collecting a random field soil sample for analysis. Instruction includes what a random sample looks like as well as how to prepare the sample for...
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Instructional Video3:21
New Mexico State University

Soil Sampling: Random Sampling Across a Large Field with Hammer Probe

9th - 12th
What defines a random sample? Scholars learn how to collect a random soil sample from a large field. The narrator explains the importance of ensuring the sample is random and shows how to create a random sample before sending it to the lab.
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Instructional Video5:48
Learning Games Lab

Cation Exchange

9th - 12th Standards
Understanding soil composition requires an understanding of chemical bonding. An informative video lesson shows learners how the atoms and molecules in the soil form ions that attract and repel other atoms and molecules. The narrator...
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Instructional Video3:44
SciShow Kids

What's the Dirt on ... Dirt?

K - 5th Standards
Dirt or soil? What's the difference? Actually, dirt is soil as explained by the video's high-energy speaker who goes on to emphasize its importance. She describes the composition of soil as minerals, water, air, and organic matter that...
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Instructional Video4:10
Learning Games Lab

The Olsen Test for Phosphorus

9th - 12th Standards
A short video teaches viewers about the Olsen Test, a soil test specific for plants grown in arid regions. The soil in arid regions has a higher pH and plants require special treatment to thrive. The video provides information about the...
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Instructional Video3:33
MinuteEarth

Why Poor Places Are More Diverse

6th - 12th Standards
Poor soil actually grows the most diverse plants. Although this sounds like a contradictory statement, the video lesson explains how and why this is true. Learners discover how rich soils typically cater to the stronger, faster-growing...
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Instructional Video2:28
Learning Games Lab

Unavailability of Water in Saline Soils

9th - 12th Standards
Viewers of a short video learn about salt and water molecules and how their characteristics determine how they interact with each other. Then, they watch a simulation of how the interaction limits the uptake of water in plant roots and...
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Instructional Video5:36
Fuse School

Acid Rain

9th - 12th
Rain, rain, go away ... at least if your pH is below six! The sixth installment in a series of seven videos teaching about pollution and our atmosphere shows learners the facts about acid rain. Embedded pauses allow you to stop and check...

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