Today we explored the properties of dirt! We each got a small sample of dirt from our school garden to examine. We were trying to determine what was in dirt.
We dumped our dirt onto a paper towel and began to sort through it with a popsicle stick–or our fingers!
We observed lots of different materials in our dirt samples–we looked very carefully with magnifying glasses.
After sorting the dirt, we then had to list the items we found and provide illustrations–observe and record!
What did we discover?
- bugs
- seeds
- rocks
- wood chips
- leaves & grass
- roots & plants
- bark
Finally, we put all the dirt into a glass, added water and stirred. Tomorrow we are going to look and see what happened with the dirt…