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Soil Checks on a Snowy Forest Trail

Compare soil observations at two snowy forest trail stops and use changing sunlight to predict surface warming.

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1 NGSS standard
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10 questions
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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Kindergarten
Subject: Science
Question types: Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

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What students practice

Students compare changes in soil warmth in sunlight and shade.
Students use soil observations to predict warming when sunlight reaches a new spot.

How to use

Read the notes and questions aloud. Revisit the observation records as children point, circle, and explain. An adult can record the final spoken answer.

Curriculum

NGSS standard covered

K-PS3-1

Observe how sunlight warms Earth's surface, such as sand, soil, rocks and water.

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Soil Checks on a Snowy Forest Trail

Compare soil as sunlight and shade change.

Two Trail Stops

Listen to the trail notes. Use the observations to answer.

Morning Soil Check

Snow lies beside a forest trail. Ranger Tess fills two matching trays with equal amounts of soil. Both start cool. She puts one at the Gap in sunlight and one at the Tree Edge in shade. She waits the same time. An adult checks the soil with a thermometer.

Gap soil: cool at the start; warmer after waiting.
Tree Edge soil: cool at the start; still cool after waiting.

Which idea best fits the two soil records?