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Soil is NOT dirt!
It is so much more than that…
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Dirt gets under our fingernails, and on our clothes… …then what is
SOIL?
How does it differ from
dirt?
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What is SOIL made up of?
MINERALS from
rocksAIR
WATER
ORGANIC MATTER
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SOIL is the SKIN of the earth!We can’t live
without itMost of our FOOD comes from plants in the SOIL.Part of the OXYGEN we breathe comes from plants.Most of the WATER we drink and use is cleaned by SOIL.
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It is important to history and culture!
People worshipped gods or goddesses of soil.Early laws were written on clay tablets.Adam means soil or earth in Hebrew.
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Clay has been used to make
POTS and URNS.
Some were decorated with PAINTS from
soil.
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People have made houses out of soil for centuries.This includes modern day bricks, concrete, and ceramic tiles, which all come from SOIL.
Prairie Houses out of SOD bricks
Earthen homes of the Navajo Nation
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Earth/Soil were some of the first words ever written.
Stories about soil, farming, and land management were some of the first things written down.
Earth/Soil usually means life!
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Songs and poems have also been written that mention soil.
Including folk music, rock music, country music, and
bluegrass.
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Why is soil IMPORTANT to…
Farmers?
Engineers?
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Archeologists?
Artists and Potters?
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Ecologists?
Can you think of any other careers soils is important to?
Geologists?
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Vocabulary• Clay• Soil• Sod• Archeologist • Clay• Ecologist• Organic matter• Organisms• Minerals• Pedologist• Pores
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Vocabulary• Geologist- a scientist who studies rocks, and how
landscapes form• Soil Scientist – a scientist who studies soil, works
with and knows much about soil.• Engineer – someone who went to the university to
learn how to use science to design and make things that we can use, like building a house, car or toys.
• Farmer – the person who makes a living by growing plants and raising animals for food.