Why Is Soil One of the Most Amazing Things on Earth?

Positives

• It has engaging animation, is informative, and is under five minutes.
  
• It covers topics that can be applied to classes at elementary levels as well as middle school levels.
  

Additional Prerequisites

• A transcript of the video's introduction is available below the video.
• The accompanying webpage includes links to other kid-friendly resources about soil.

Differentiation

• Students can do a quick writing exercise on the question, "Why is soil one of the most amazing things on Earth?"
• This video can be further connected to climate change by focusing on the carbon storage properties of soil and how this can help the climate.
• The video can serve as an introduction to a class worm bin.
• Activities and experiments related to these topics include Life Above and Below Soil and Lab 5: Soil and the Carbon Cycle.
• Another video on the importance of soil is Essentials of Environmental Science: The Importance of Soil.