Pebbles, sand, and silt
Subtitle: the neighbor's garden
By: by Emily Sohn and Diane Bair
Contributors: Bair, Diane
Series: iScience
Publisher: Norwood House Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Chicago, IL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
ISBN-13: 9781599534091
Subjects: Soils; Juvenile literature
Description: "Describes the different kinds of soil - what makes them up and when to use certain soils for certain plants. As readers use scientific inquiry to the positives and negatives of different soils, an activity based on real world situations challenges them to apply what they've learned in order to solve a puzzle"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 23) and index.
Table of contents: title: iScience puzzle; title: Discover activity; title: Top layer; title: Science at work; title: Connecting to history; title: Importance of soil; title: Solve the iScience puzzle; title: Beyond the puzzle.