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Soil Core Sampling
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
|---|---|
| Author | Forbes, Marissa Hagan Zarske, Malinda Schaefer Carlson, Denise W. |
| Copyright Year | 2008 |
| Description | Students learn about one method used in environmental site assessments. They practice soil sampling by creating soil cores, studying soil profiles and characterizing soil profiles in borehole logs. They use their analyses to make predictions about what is going on in the soil and what it might mean to engineers developing the area. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado |
| Subject Keyword | Earth and Space Soil Profile Soil Core Geology Earth Borehole Log Rock Cycle |
| Content Type | Text |
| Time Required | PT1H |
| Education Level | Class VI Class VII Class VIII |
| Pedagogy | Experimental Activity |
| Resource Type | Hands-on |
| Subject | Structure of the Earth |