This is the seventh lesson in a series of 10 on Biomes. All lessons, including this one, contains a full lesson PowerPoint, complete with learning intentions, success criteria, student reflections, and student activity worksheets. This lesson series would suit students in Years 8, 9, or 10 (noting that Y10 in NZ is equivalent to Y9 in Australia).

Learning Intention

I am learning to identify the different types of soil.

Success Criteria: I can...

• Describe different types of soil.

• Explain why some soils are more arable for growing food than others.

• Experiment with growing plants in different types of soil and analyse how well they grow over time.

This particular lesson bundle includes:

• Types of Soil full lesson PowerPoint

• Types of Soil Lotus Diagram Activity

• Growing Food in Soil Activity templates

  • x1 Group Report Template Growing Food

  • x2 Group Templates Growing Food Experiment

  • x4 Independent Templates Growing Food Experiment

Bonus resources include:

• Biomes Vocabulary Word Find and Worksheets

This lesson can be purchased as part of the Biomes Geography Lessons Mega Bundle (editable), containing all 10 lessons, 1 assessment tasks, and two bonus resources, for the low price of $26.99 (a savings of $44.88).

See below for the list of lessons in order:

• Lesson 1 - Biomes Overview

• Lesson 2 - Forest Biomes

• Lesson 3 - Desert Biomes

• Lesson 4 - Grassland Biomes

• Lesson 5 - Tundra Biomes

• Lesson 6 - Aquatic Biomes

• Lesson 7 - Types of Soil

• Lesson 8 - Impact of Food Production on Soil Degradation

• Lesson 9 - Solutions and Threats to Biomes

• Lesson 10 - Assignment - Biomes Infographic Task

• Lesson 11 - Assessment - Geography Biomes Task

The Assessment Task includes:

• Geography Biomes Assessment Task instructions and marking matrix

• PowerPoint Template for Geography Biomes Assessment Task

Bonus resources include:

• Biomes Vocabulary Word Find and Worksheets

• Biomes Influences on Crop Production Worksheets