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Soil Project
Project is due Thursday, October 20, 2016
For the next two days you will research soil, starting with The Dirt on Soil and then using other sites such as Brain Pop to
learn about soil. By tomorrow you will have the ability to answer the following standard and elements:
S6E5: Students will investigate the scientific view of how the Earths surface is formed.
h. Describe soil as consisting of weathered rocks and decomposed organic materials.
i. Explain the effects of human activity on erosion of the Earths surface.
As you do your research, take notes to use for your project.
You may write a story, with you as an animal that burrows and lives in the soil. You may type or hand write your story.
You may create a booklet with hand drawn illustrations.
You may create a neat, informative poster to present your research with hand drawn illustrations.
No, you may not create a PowerPoint Presentation; however you may use MS Paint to draw your soil horizon.
You will be given some class time to work on your project, but you may also type, work on and print your project at
home. Use your time wisely.
You must answer the following questions in your project;
1. What is soil?
2. What is in soil?
3. Where does soil come from?
4. What are some factors that affect soil formation?
5. What is soil horizon?
6. What is horizon O?
7. What is horizon A?
8. What is horizon B?
9. What is horizon C?
10. What is horizon D or R?
11. How does human activity affect erosion on Earths surface?
12. What are some ways we can protect the soil?
You must include an illustration of a soil horizon, grammar, spelling, sentence structure, punctuation and neatness counts.
Soil Project Rubric
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All 12 questions

Answered 8 to 10

Answered 5 to 7

Answered 4 to 6

Answered 5 or less

answered
Illustration of soil

questions
Illustration of soil horizon

questions
Illustration of soil

questions
Illustration of soil

questions
No illustration of soil

horizons correctly

correctly labeled but not

horizon but not labeled

horizon, not labeled,

horizon

labeled and explained

Neat and well organized

correctly explained
Neat/somewhat well

or explained
Neat but not organized

explained or neat
Not neat and not well

Messy with no effort

Correct spelling &

organized
1 2 errors

3-4 errors

organized
5-6 errors

7 or more errors

grammar

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