Mapping Your Soil
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Description: Soil surveys help us understand how soils differ and how they behave under various land management systems. In this activity, students will use the NRCS Soil Mapping Tool to determine what soil is around your school and how it can be used.
Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12
Keywords: mapping, land use,
Lesson Area: Soil Basics, Soils in Urban Environments
Resource Type: Activity
Next Generation Science Standards
| Grade | Discipline | Core Idea |
|---|---|---|
| 6-8 | ESS3.A: Natural resources | Humans depend on Earth's land, ocean, atmosphere, and biosphere for different resources, many of which are limited or not renewable. Resources are distributed unevenly around the planet as a result of past geologic processes. |
| 9-12 | ESS3.A: Natural resources | Resource availability has guided the development of human society and use of natural resources has associated costs, risks, and benefits. |