Expected Outcomes

• Discover previously unnoticed variations in your soil moisture

What to do and how to do it

Options:

1. Discuss where soil moisture may be least/greatest ....
2. Before going outside, have students list or draw areas they think might be damp or dry ....
3. Class field trip - tour your grounds as a group
4. Student teams - find wettest/driest spots and largest/smallest patch with a clear contrast ....

• Have students produce map of soil moisture
• What plants and animals do you find in wet/dry areas?
• Where to look hints: shadows, under trees/rocks, below a down-spout; open areas

Extensions

• Do the same activity at your biology site or have the students do in their yards