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In this FACTivity, students will investigate the soil in their school yard and some soil from home. Materials: At least…
In this FACTivity, students will investigate the soil in their school yard and some soil from home. Materials: At least 5 empty plastic bins 5 small hand trowels Magnifying lens...
In this FACTivity, you will explore soil just like the student scientists. The question you will answer is what is…
In this FACTivity, you will explore soil just like the student scientists. The question you will answer is what is the soil profile like near my school or home?
In this FACTivity, you will collect five soil samples, each from a different area, and compare them. Materials: Five shoeboxes…
In this FACTivity, you will collect five soil samples, each from a different area, and compare them. Materials: Five shoeboxes or other small containers, lined with plastic A trowel or...
In this FACTivity, you will collect five soil samples, each from a different area, and compare them. Materials: Five shoeboxes…
In this FACTivity, you will collect five soil samples, each from a different area, and compare them. Materials: Five shoeboxes or other small containers, lined with plastic A trowel or...
In this FACTivity you will answer the question: How much water is transpired by a tree during daylight hours? Transpiration…
In this FACTivity you will answer the question: How much water is transpired by a tree during daylight hours? Transpiration happens when the water that entered a tree’s roots travels...
In this article, learn about soils and the amount of salmon-derived nutrients (SDN) in Southeast Alaska! Salmon-derived nutrients are nutrients…
In this article, learn about soils and the amount of salmon-derived nutrients (SDN) in Southeast Alaska! Salmon-derived nutrients are nutrients in the soils that are from decomposing salmon. The scientists...
Watch a 43-minute video taped live at Grand Lake, Colorado, featuring questions from students and answers by Carl Chambers, a…
Watch a 43-minute video taped live at Grand Lake, Colorado, featuring questions from students and answers by Carl Chambers, a U.S. Forest Service hydrologist, and Bob Raynolds, a geologist with...
Follow water on a journey through a watershed, from forest to faucet, in the Eastern United States. This is a…
Follow water on a journey through a watershed, from forest to faucet, in the Eastern United States. This is a 47-minute video.
Learn about the many benefits that different types of forests provide, including protecting biodiversity, improving water and soil quality, preventing…
Learn about the many benefits that different types of forests provide, including protecting biodiversity, improving water and soil quality, preventing erosion, storing carbon, and more.
In this Inquiry, scientists were interested in understanding the benefits provided by forests. They focused on products made from or…
In this Inquiry, scientists were interested in understanding the benefits provided by forests. They focused on products made from or in forests, social benefits of forests, protective benefits of forests...
Tropical forests are sometimes cut down so that humans can use the trees for wood and other products. Then, the cleared land is made into…
Tropical forests are sometimes cut down so that humans can use the trees for wood and other products. Then, the cleared land is made into a pasture so that cattle can be raised for human consumption. When...
Tropical forests are sometimes cut down so that humans can use the trees for wood and other products. Then, the cleared land is made into…
Tropical forests are sometimes cut down so that humans can use the trees for wood and other products. Then, the cleared land is made into a pasture so that cattle can be raised for human consumption. When...
