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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2006  > February  >
In the Classroom
JCE Classroom Activity
Soil Testing: Dig In!
Linda N. Fanis and Erica K. Jacobsen
Journal of Chemical Education, Madison, WI 53715
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February 2006
Vol. 83 No. 2
p. 240A
Abstract
In this Activity, students collect soil samples and characterize them by examining their physical appearance, water-holding capacity, sedimentation, and pH. Based on their observations, they can see that different samples of something as universal as soil can be quite different from each other. This Activity complements the 2006 Chemists Celebrate Earth Day theme "Dig It!". The Activity provides practice in making detailed observations about a real world substance students probably think little about.
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 Fanis, Linda; Jacobsen, Erica K. J. Chem. Educ. 2006 83 240A.
*  Keywords
 Elementary / Middle School Science; Environmental Chemistry; Geochemistry; Hands-On Learning / Manipulatives; High School / Introductory Chemistry
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Last Updated:		 1/5/2006
1/9/2006
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