Dirt Lab Kit
Experience how plants and animals rely on dirt while digging in!
Using this hands-on experiment kit, students collaborate, reflect, and problem-solve their way through tangible exploration of the origins and make-up of dirt. They learn about the physical properties of soil, then experience it using their senses. Their imagination is their only limit as they build like a beaver, tunnel like an ant, or burrow like a crayfish.
Students will see for themselves how humans have learned from animals, insects, plants, and even fungi to construct and cultivate. Delve into the differences between dirt and soil and apply this loamy lore to design an ideal farm. Through a multi-subject integration approach, learners will delight in rolling up their sleeves to experiment, engineer and excavate. Includes enough supplies for up to 30 students. Full contents list below. Recommended for Lower Elementary.
CHOKING HAZARD (1). Not for under 3 yrs.
Kit includes:
- Instructor Guide, 1 Ea
- Printed Student Journals, Set of 31
- Burrowing Animal Cut-Outs, Set of 31
- Bug Guides, 6 Ea
- Sheet of Labels, 1 Ea
- Curriculum Digital Download, 1 Ea
- Large Storage Tub, 1 Ea
- Small Storage Tub, 1 Ea
- Hard Plastic Containers (6 quart), 6 Ea
- #2 Pencils, 3 Sets of 12
- Baking Soda (8 oz box), 1 Ea
- Blank Paper (8 1/2" x 11"), 500 Sheets
- Clay (8 lb bucket), 1 Ea
- Children's Scissors, 5 Ea
- Colored Pencils, Set of 12
- Deli Containers with Lids (16 oz), Set of 50
- Food Coloring (4 color pack), 1 Ea
- Garden Lime (6-3/4 lb), 1 Ea
- Ice Cube Trays, 10 Ea
- Lava Rock (10 cups), 1 Ea
- Magnifying Glasses, 10 Ea
- Markers, Set of 8
- Masking Tape Roll, 1 Ea
- Measuring Cup, 1 Ea
- Paintbrushes, Set of 30
- Paper Cups (4 oz), Set of 20
- Paper Plates, Set of 100
- Paper Towel Roll, 1 Ea
- Pea Gravel (10 cups), 1 Ea
- Pencil Sharpeners, 6 Ea
- Ph Strips, Set of 200
- Pipettes, Set of 50
- Pitchers, 5 Ea
- Popsicle Sticks, Pack of 1,000
- Rulers, 5 Ea
- Silt (32 oz), 1 Ea
- Skittles (2.17 oz), 1 Ea
- Sphagnum Peat Moss (10 quarts), 1 Ea
- Spoons, 50 Ea
- Straws, 250 Ea
- Sugar Cubes (1 lb), 1 Ea
- Table Covers, 6 Ea
- Toilet Paper Roll, 1 Ea
- Topsoil (18 quarts), 1 Ea
- Vinegar (1 quart), 1 Ea
- White Liquid Glue (4 oz), 1 Ea
- Ziploc Bag (1 gallon), 1 Ea
Click here to download a sample of the NGSS-aligned curriculum manual.