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Soils and Biomes. Outline. Turn in your permission forms for the interview. Pay attention to the timer – it let ’ s us know when we need to move onto the next step. Today we will: Experiment with different soils to learn what nutrients are better in which type of soils.
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Outline • Turn in your permission forms for the interview. • Pay attention to the timer – it let’s us know when we need to move onto the next step. • Today we will: • Experiment with different soils to learn what nutrients are better in which type of soils. • Build a dish terrarium representing a desert biome.
Germination Experiment • Blog/vlog and website • Check out the results of your germination experiments • Did your results match what you expected? Why or why not?
Biomes • What characteristics make up a biome? • What other types of biomes are there? • What biome do we live in?
Soil • What do plants get from the soil? • Are all soils the same? • How would you predict soil from Illinois compares to soil from other parts of the world? • Which areas have better soils? • Which areas have worse soils?
Soil Experiment • Follow your PiV Mentor and test your soil for: • pH • Potassium concentration • Nitrogen concentration • Phosphorus concentration • While your experiment is setting, build your dish garden!
Newscast • Choose a student to be the interviewer and the interviewee. • Write questions as if you were conducting an interview about today’s lesson. • Don’t forget to write and practice the answers as well! • Use the video camera to tape your groups interview. • Take photos of experiment when done
Next Week • Check in at the PiV website to see what we’ll be doing next week!