9-3 Geography are studying biomes around the world and soil is a factor that impacts on the biome.  Students collected soil from the gardens around the school in jars from various locations.  They added some water and detergent to the soil and shook the mixture up well.  The soil separated into layers as it settled over a few days.  Students measured the layers and drew the results of the separation.

Mrs Tilbrook's 9-3 Geography students and their soil jars:

In the foreground, Tanisha Reddy and Tiana Macinnis with their soil jar.

Jack Ward and Noah Yates showing a good separation of the water from the soil in their sample.

In the foreground, James Rodgers and Haylan Simpson with their jar showing bubbles from the detergent on top of their soil sample.  In the background Taylor Johnston and Shae-Lee Lacey discussing their soil sample.

Tanissa Dyball, Jessica Foley and Charlotte Mackie proud of their soil experiment.

Alina Burns’ soil jar showed a lot of the sediment settled on the bottom of her jar.

Lyn Tilbrook
Geography Teacher