Transcript Soils - K12Science

Soils
Rock Cycle Song
SEDIMENTARY rock
Has been formed in layers
Often found near water sources
With fossils from decayers
Then there’s IGNEOUS rock
Here since Earth was born
Molten Lava, cooled and hardened
That’s how it is formed
These two types of rocks
Can also be transformed
With pressure, heat and chemicals
METAMORPHIC they’ll become
Worms
As we watch our little worm,
Pressing down to make him squirm,
Watch the blood as it flows,
Count the pulse rate as it goes.
Soil
Working with humus, sand and clay,
Watching for plants everyday.
Which will help the seed to sprout,
Chart and graph what the experiment is about.
Watching for roots in our tube to grow,
With water and sun it’s still so slow.
How much water does the soil hold,
The humus carries the heavier load.
What has happened in our bag of compost,
There are lots of things we definitely learned,
With dirt and worms as our concern.
Seeds
They can’t see their pictures,
They can’t read the label,
The seeds in a package,
So how are they able
To know if they’re daisies
Or greens for the table?
Seeds
A little seed for me to sow…
A little earth to make it grow…
A little hole, a little pat…
A little wish, and that is that.
A little sun, a little shower…
A little while,
And then---a flower!
The Worm
When the earth is turned into spring
The worms are fat as anything.
And birds come flying all around
To eat the worms right off the ground.
They like worms just as much as I
Like bread and milk and apple pie.
And once, when I was very young,
I put a worm right on my tongue.
I didn’t like the taste a bit,
And so I didn’t swallow it.
But oh, it makes my Mother squirm
Because she thinks I ate the worm!
The Earthworm
I’m a little earthworm
Underground
Munching on dead leaves
That I’ve found.
When the ground all fills up
With spring rain,
Out! I pop
To breath again.
When It Comes to Bugs
I like crawlers,
I like creepers,
Hoppers, jumpers,
Fliers, leapers,
Walkers, stalkers,
Chirpers, peepers…
I wonder why my mother thinks
That finders can’t be keepers?
Soil is the module we study today
With humus, earthworms, sand and clay,
Test tubes, humus, clay and sand
Many experiments to use our hands,
After completion we must conclude,
For our garden what we must elude!
My Slender Friend
There was a little earthworm
Crawling in the dirt
I put the little earthworm
In the pocket of my shirt,
Momma found my earthworm
In the pocket of my shirt,
She told me that my earthworm’s
Home is really in the dirt
Then she told me of the value
Of my little slender friend
All the plants and insects
On these decomposers depend.
An Early Worm Gets Out Of Bed
An early worm gets out of bed
An murmured, “I feel mean!
I’ll put my darkest glasses on,
I’ll paint myself bright green.”
“I’ll dress up in my wildest wig,
The one with purple bangs,
I’ll also wear a pair of horns
And artificial fangs.”
That early worm poked up its head,
Which looked a perfect fright,
And early bird observed that worm
And lost its appetite.
By Jack Prelutsky
Earthworm
Did you ever see an earthworm,
An earthworm, an earthworm,
Did you ever see an earthworm,
Move this way and that?
Move this way and that way,
Move this way and that,
Did you ever see an earthworm,
Move this way and that.
Worms
These squiggly, wiggly worm
Help flowers grow strong shoots
They loosen up the soil
So plants can spread their roots.
Then rain can trickle through
With things plants drink and eat
Thanks to those wiggly worms
My plants have happy feet