2nd & 3rd Grade Earth Science – Types of Soil Activities & Layers of Soil Unit

Description

Looking for a fun and interactive way to teach your 2nd and 3rd grade students all about types of soil? This Layers of Soil Earth Science Unit is packed with lesson plans, foldables, activities, labs, vocabulary, materials for early finishers, homework suggestions, and an end-of-the-unit quiz to engage your students! This activity pack on the types of soil and layers of soil is a teacher time saver and will make planning your earth science lessons quick and easy. 

 

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2nd & 3rd Grade Earth Science – Types of Soil Activities & Layers of Soil Unit Includes:

• 6 easy-to-follow lessons
• A mini vocabulary word wall
• Vocabulary cards with definitions
• Mini Vocabulary Posters with high-quality real-life pictures
• Vocabulary Foldables and notes page
• Anchor chart ideas and resources
• Fun printable posters
• Nonfiction reader to help you introduce the topic (great for printing or to display on a TV screen)
• Create your own picture book activity
• I found some dirt, soil, and rocks foldable
• Different Soils sorting activity
• What’s in the soil investigation
• Layers of Soil Experiment and Lab
• Layers of Soil diagram
• Yummy Layers of Soil Model (students will recreate the different layers of soil using fun food)
• KWL chart
• Bubble map
• 3.2.1 notes page
• 4 square activity
• Types of soil foldable
• Types of soil description worksheet
• Layers of soil description worksheet
• Types of soil cut and sort activity
• Wordsearch
• Drawing prompts
• Writing papers
• End of the unit quiz and key

 

This 2nd & 3rd Grade Earth Science Unit Will Teach Students About…

 

• Soil (What it is and its purpose)
• Types of soil (clay, silt, and sand)
• The different layers of soil (humus, topsoil, subsoil, parent rock, and bedrock)
• Properties and characteristics of each type of soil

 

This earth science resource is jam-packed with resources ready to go so that you do not have to spend valuable prep time planning a soil unit for your class! Just print and go to get started learning all about the types of soil with your students! 

 

See What Other Teachers Are Saying . . .

⭐ Great resource!  Lots of good options and examples.  I was especially please that it took a potential “dry” topic like soil and made it interesting and engaging for the students.

⭐ My students loved the unit on soil. The activity to go with the lesson was a wonderful experience and I will use it in my classroom next year.

⭐ This was perfect to use in my STEM Lab!! I loved this resource!

 

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