Name(s) 

STEP ONE:
Group Member 1:  Prepare your areas by laying down a newspaper on your workstation.

STEP TWO:
Group Member 2:   Collect four flasks.  You should have one flask of each type of soil, marked A, B, and C and a third flask of water marked D.

STEP THREE:
Group Member 3:  Collect a plastic spoon, and a bowl.   

STEP FOUR:  
In your groups, discuss and compare the three flasks of soil.   What are there similarities?  Differences?

STEP FIVE:  
Group Member 1:  Pour a teaspoon full of each soil into separate piles on the newspaper.  Discuss the differences and similarities in color, feel, smell, as a group.
Group Member 1:  Fold the newspaper up by the corners and throw it away with the soil in it.

STEP SIX:  
Group Member 2:  Read all of the steps to Step Six and be certain each group member knows their part before you continue on!
Group Member 2:  Prepare your area by putting down a clean newspaper.
Group Member 1:  Set the four flasks in front of the group.
Group Member 2:  Take the flask that contains water and pour it into the other flasks one at a time.
Group Member 3:  Count 1, 2, 3, and so on aloud until you hear "stop".
Group Member 1:  Observe the flasks as the water is poured.  When the water reaches the bottom, say, “stop.” 

STEP SEVEN:
All Group Members:  Work together to answer the following questions:

Which flask had the fastest time?  Flask A Flask B Flask C

Which had the slowest? Flask A Flask B Flask C


Why do you think the water drained faster through one type of soil?

STEP EIGHT:
All Group Members:  Using your bowl, combine one spoonful of flask A, one spoonful of flask B, and one spoonful of flask C.  

Discuss what happens as the soil types combine.  Answer the following questions:
How does the mixture feel?  Smell?  Look?  Change?.

STEP NINE:
All Group Members:  Select one flask to add to the mixture. Flask A Flask B Flask C

What happens as the mixture changes in feel, smell, and color?

Hit "submit" after your discussion time ends.