Warm Up: Based on how the local soil felt yesterday, what percent of clay and sand do you think was present?

Arenda:
​1. finish the lab!

Warm Up: How good do you think our local soil is for growing things? Why or why not?

Agenda:
1. Soil Composition Lab

• Glue the lab packet into your journal
• the green is for your whole group! 
• Same groups as before. Stand with them, and I will suffel for whoever is on vacation!

Warm Up: How could winter weather cause mechanical weathering? Be specific!

Agenda:
1. Finish Soil Demo Questions

• Go over as a class

2. Soil to Plans Wrap Up Notes

• In you journals
• with color and a highlighter!

Warm Up: which of the soils yesterday are the best for growing plants? Please tell me why!  IDK is not an acceptable answer!

Agenda:
1. Finish the Soil and Plants activity
2. Do the demo of Saving Soils Part III

• Use my lab packet to anser the questions
• then write down the info as I do the experiment!

Warm Up: Do you have any loose papers from this class? If so, find them!

Agenda:
1. update table of contents
2. Complete the soil type diagram
​3. Begin the plant/soil connection

Warm Up: Is your plant growing? If not, take an educated guess why!

Agenda:
1. Finish the Graphic Organizer on soil types

• Fill it all in from the big one on the wall!

Warm Up: Use "if...then...because" to make your prediction about what will happen with the gummy bears!

Agenda:
1. Finish weathering lab questions
2. Weathering notes

Warm Up: A river wears away at a canyon wall. How is that like the lab you have been doing for the past few days?

Agenda: 
1. Watching Life-Plants!

• Glue viewing guid into your journal
• You only have to fill out half the questions: any more will be extra credit!

Warm Up: Using the "if...then...because" format, make a prediction on if we will have a snow day tomorrow!

Agenda:
1. Talk about snow

• I know you have questions! Ask them now. 
• We will not talk about it for the rest of the period

2. Water Plants
3. Finish the Weathering Lab

• Third shaking of rocks
• Answer the questions
• Go over answers with the class

4. Weathering Notes

Warm Up: What happened to the rocks during the Chemical Weathering Lab? ​Why?

Agenda:
1. Water Plants
2. Review findings for Chemical Weathering

• What happened? When can this happen in nature?

3. Mechanical Weathering Lab

• Work with the green capped vials today!
• Read directions first! 
• Designate one person to be responsible for your group following directions-they will be responsible for checking the directions before you ask an adult a question

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