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Let's Have Some FunHaystacks
• Tornado in a Bottle
• Edible Soil Profile
What you will need: Peanut Butter Chips What to do: Add an equal amount of peanut butter chips and butterscotch chips. What you will need: See through jar (glass or plastic) with lid. What to do: Fill the jar 3/4 full of water. Add plastic Monopoly houses, glitter, etc to see them twist in your tornado. What is a soil profile? It is a picture of the different layers of soil. Yes, soil does have layers just like a cake would have layers. The bottom layer would be the bedrock, or parent material. It is called the parent material because it is the beginning of the other layers. Since a lot of parent material is rocky it is sometimes called bedrock. The next layer has lots of soil and rocks, it is called the subsoil. The top layer is full of soil and organic material like plants and leaves. This organic material gives the soil a darker color. Clear glass or plastic cup
Add a small layer of chocolate chips to the bottom of the cup for bedrock.
Why not make a soil profile breakfast. Stack different layers of your favorite cereals to make a soil profile. You can even use Fruity Peebles® or Trix® to look like the grass and flowers on top. When you add milk, look to see how fast or slow the milk travels around different cereals. Milk goes around big pieces of cereal (Honeycomb®) faster than smaller pieces (Fruity Pebbles®). The same is true for soils. Water drains through big particles of soil (sand) faster than smaller particles of soil (clay). |
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Even though most farmers use special machines to make square or round hay bales,
today we can make haystacks in the kitchen. Remember to always have an adult present when cooking.
