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Teach Engineering: Soil Core Sampling Activity
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Teach Engineering: Soil Core Sampling

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn about one method used in environmental site assessments. They practice soil sampling by creating soil cores, studying soil profiles and characterizing soil profiles in borehole logs. They use their analysis to make...
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Unit Plan
Teach Engineering: Engineering for the Earth Unit Plan
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Teach Engineering: Engineering for the Earth

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young students are introduced to the complex systems of the Earth through numerous lessons on its natural resources, processes, weather, climate and landforms. Key earth science topics include rocks, soils and minerals, water and natural...
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Prince George's Community College: Reading the Rock Record [Pdf] Activity
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Prince George's Community College: Reading the Rock Record [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an in-depth activity where students create a rock layer formation using different colors of playdough and investigate the types of folds and rock formations that might occur. They take core samples through anticlines and...
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Lesson Plan
Serc: Let's Build the Earth!: The Structure of the Earth's Crust and Interior Lesson Plan
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Serc: Let's Build the Earth!: The Structure of the Earth's Crust and Interior

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this activity, students will make observations then construct a "sample" model representation of the Earth's layers. They will compare and contrast the movement and material in each layer explaining the location and what it contains.
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