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Pudong Grade 3: Edible Soil

March 7, 2019

Grade 3 students on the Pudong campus began their study of soil with a tasty treat on March 7th! Students began with the questions: “What is soil?” and “How does rock turn into soil?” After learning about the soil process and the different soil layers, students became soil scientists and created “soil profiles.” The fun spin was the soil profile materials were edible! This scrumptious soil included: chocolate rocks in the place of bedrock, oatmeal in the place of the parent material, cocoa puffs in the place of subsoil, and crushed caramel cookies acted as topsoil. First the students used their five senses and descriptive writing skills to record their observations of the soil materials. Then, they assembled their soil profiles. After creating the soil profiles, each soil scientist recorded their observations and explained the soil layers to three different classmates. When these tasks were finished, they were allowed to dig into the dirt! This was great fun for the students to experience “delicious dirt!”

(Written by Melanie Cherry Pictures by Melanie Cherry; Andrew Mahoney; Haoruo Li)