Soil, Rocks, and Erosion- Oh My!

For the past few weeks, we have been learning about earth science. This unit is all about natural resources, soil, rocks, composting, and weathering and erosion. One of the great things about this unit is that we are getting outside to dig and explore nature. We have also been bringing nature into the classroom. This week we sorted rocks and explored with soil. It makes the classroom a little messy, but it's all in the name of learning.

Groups sorted their rocks based on different properties- color, size, texture, etc.

Today we learned about the different layers of soil- topsoil, subsoil and bedrock. I found a song called the Topsoil Dance on YouTube and we sand and grooved to the music. Here it is, in case you want to groove to it at home. Ask your children to show you the actions we used.

Right after science we went outside for an extra recess to celebrate Sarah's birthday. I guess the song is catchy, because I caught some girls singing it outside. I love how music can help you remember things, and when you throw in dancing, it just makes it fun.

Today we made posters to demonstrate our learning about soil layers. They turned out pretty great (and kids were singing the song while they worked).

Maya with her soil layers poster.

Alex shows off his soil poster.

Science learning is going to get even more exciting soon, as we are waiting for our worms to arrive! Come back to our blog soon for news about our worms.