Learning Exercise

How much soil is there?

A walk through and demonstration of how much soil is on our planet.

Course: Earth Science, Environmental

Material:: Soil Science
Date last modified:: June 28, 2005
Created by:: Marty Anderson
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Soil Science

A NASA based walkthrough of soil with several animations and background information. see more

Material Type:: Animation
Author:: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
User Rating:: 5 stars

Exercise

Disciplines

Science and Technology / Geoscience

Audience

Middle School
College General Ed

Requirements

basic vocabulary, basic computer skills

Topics

Soil, topsoil, land, environment

Type of Task

Group
Student-centered
Unsupervised
Individual

Learning Objectives

The students should be able to understand how much soil is on our Earth. Their content knowledge can be increased and further research can be done on this site.