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Steve Trash Science: The Dirty Truth About Soil / Super Collaborators

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Title:

 Steve Trash Science: The Dirty Truth About Soil / Super Collaborators

URL:

 https://www.pbs.org/video/the-dirty-truth-about-soil-super-collaborators-0uyqqy/

Content Source:

 PBS
Type: Audio/Video

Overview:

Steve Trash teaches kids about science with fun and magic. The show is filmed in Alabama.

Soil is not dirt, it’s so much much more. Steve illustrates the value and importance of soil to all living things on Earth. Then, Steve helps shine a light on digital collaboration, a great way to work digitally with your friends to solve problems.

Content Standard(s):
Science
SC2015 (2015)
Grade: 4
13 ) Plan and carry out investigations to examine properties of soils and soil types (e.g., color, texture, capacity to retain water, ability to support growth of plants).

NAEP Framework
NAEP Statement::
E4.4: Earth materials that occur in nature include rocks, minerals, soils, water, and the gases of the atmosphere.

NAEP Statement::
E8.6: Soil consists of weathered rocks and decomposed organic material from dead plants, animals, and bacteria. Soils are often found in layers with each having a different chemical composition and texture.

Unpacked Content
Scientific And Engineering Practices:
Planning and Carrying out Investigations
Crosscutting Concepts: Patterns
Disciplinary Core Idea: Earth's Systems
Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students:
  • Identify the properties of soil.
  • Plan and carry out an investigation that examines the various types of soil and soil properties.
  • Describe the data collected that will serve as the basis for the evidence.
Teacher Vocabulary:
  • color
  • absorbency
  • texture
  • capacity
  • properties of soil
  • types of soil ( sand, silt, clay, humus)
  • infiltration
  • particle size
  • structure
  • consistency
Knowledge:
Students know:
  • Soil properties (particle size, color, texture).
  • Soil types ( sand, silt, clay, and humus).
  • Relationship between soil types and water.
Skills:
Students are able to:
  • Plan and conduct simple tests using various soil types.
  • Collect, describe and evaluate data.
  • Articulate and explain from evidence the properties of soil and soil types.
Understanding:
Students understand that:
  • Similarities and differences in patterns can be used to sort and classify soil types by property.
AMSTI Resources:
AMSTI Module:
Water and Landforms
Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards
AAS Standard:
SCI.AAS.4.13- Observe the properties of soils (e.g., color, texture, capacity to retain water, ability to support growth of plants); Identify different types of soil (e.g., silt, clay, sand).
Digital Literacy and Computer Science
DLIT (2018)
Grade: K
5) Demonstrate appropriate behaviors for working with others responsibly and kindly.

Examples: Face-to-face collaborative groups or interactions, online interactions, role play.

Unpacked Content
Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students:
  • will work with others and follow rules.
  • will be respectful of others.
Teacher Vocabulary:
  • respect
  • task
  • communicate
Knowledge:
Students know:
  • taking turns is important to getting a task done on or off a computing device.
  • speaking/typing and behaving in a respectful way is important to getting a task done.
Skills:
Students are able to:
  • take turns on and off a computing device.
  • speak/type and behave in a respectful way on and off a device.
Understanding:
Students understand that:
  • taking turns is necessary for positive and productive communication on and/or off a computing device.
  • being respectful on and/or off a computing device looks the same.
Digital Literacy and Computer Science
DLIT (2018)
Grade: K
9) Create a research-based product collaboratively using online digital tools, given specific guidance.

Examples: Find simple facts about a specific topic, create a slide that contains facts located in trade books or other sources as a group or with a partner.

Unpacked Content
Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students:
  • will work with others to create an artifact on a device.
  • will collect information about a topic using a digital resource.
  • will show what I learned using a digital resource.
Teacher Vocabulary:
  • digital
  • collaborative
Knowledge:
Students know:
  • how to display information they learned on a digital platform.
  • how to work collaboratively on a digital platform.
Skills:
Students are able to:
  • work with their peers to display information learned about a topic using a digital tool such as video or a slideshow when given support and guidance from an adult.
Understanding:
Students understand that:
  • working with others can make a presentation or project better.
  • working with others is a skill I can work on.
  • digital tools make presenting what I learned easier.
Digital Literacy and Computer Science
DLIT (2018)
Grade: 1
9) Use a variety of digital tools collaboratively to connect with other learners.

Examples: Video calling, blogs, collaborative documents.

Unpacked Content
Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students:
  • will, collaboratively, connect with others using images, text, audio, and/or video digital creation tools.
Teacher Vocabulary:
  • video
  • audio
  • text
  • image
Knowledge:
Students know:
  • how to connect with others through image, video, text, and audio digital creation tools.
Skills:
Students are able to:
  • contribute to an online video and/or audio discussion with other students in a protected platform.
  • contribute to an online text discussion with other students in a protected platform.
  • contribute to collaborative documents with other students in a protected platform.
Understanding:
Students understand that:
  • they can communicate and connect with other learners through video, audio, images, and text in a protected learning environment.
Digital Literacy and Computer Science
DLIT (2018)
Grade: 2
9) Use a variety of digital tools to connect with other learners.

Examples: Online conferences, blogs, collaborative documents.

Unpacked Content
Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students:
  • will connect with other students using digital tools.
Teacher Vocabulary:
  • video
  • audio
  • image
  • text
Knowledge:
Students know:
  • they can connect with others using different digital tools.
  • digital tools that connect people can be video, audio, text, or image based.
Skills:
Students are able to:
  • connect with others using multiple digital tools such as collaborative documents, protected blogs, and video/audio conferences with other learners.
  • use the most appropriate tool for the task.
Understanding:
Students understand that:
  • there are many ways to connect with other learners digitally.
  • some ways to connect may work better in certain environments or for certain tasks.
Tags: collaborate, digital, digital collaboration, dirt, soil, soil types, tool
License Type: Custom Permission Type
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AccessibilityVideo resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles
Comments

In the first half of the video, students will learn the properties of soil and about different types of soil. This can serve as background information on this topic before students perform their own investigations. In the second half of the video, Steve Trash describes how technology can help us become global collaborators. He will discuss proper behaviors and procedures to ensure appropriate digital collaboration. 

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Author: Hannah Bradley
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