Essentials of Environmental Science: The Importance of Soil
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Provided by: Hot Mess|Published on: April 27, 2021
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Synopsis
- This video from Hot Mess is about how soil formation, different types of soil, human activity's effect on soil, and soil's role in addressing climate change.
- Students will come away with an appreciation for soil and an understanding of its composition and importance for Earth's systems.
Subjects: Chemistry, Biology, Earth and Space Sciences
Authors: Hot Mess, PBS
Region: Global
Languages: English
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Positives
- It is broken into chapters at the bottom of the video, so teachers can skip around to the sections relevant to their lessons.
- The images, diagrams, and charts help the viewer better understand potentially unfamiliar topics.
Prerequisites
- Students should know what abiotic and biotic factors are.
- There is an ad before the video.
Differentiation & Implementation
- Students can use the information in the video to analyze soil in their schools or homes.
- Students in ELA classes can compare and contrast the terms soil and dirt, describing the different connotations of the words.
- Other resources on this topic include Lab 5: Soil and the Carbon Cycle, NASA's Earth Minute: Dishing the Dirt, and Sunlight Stored in Soil (In the Greenhouse #7).
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