Innovating Science™ AP Environmental Science: Microbial Activity in Soil

Description

This activity lets you simulate carbon dioxide production by soil microorganisms, highlighting the soil's vital ecological role, helping learn about carbon's crucial role in soil function, benefiting both crops and animals.

Soil holds the most significant portion of active carbon on earth, at an estimated equivalent of around three times the total amount of carbon stored in the atmosphere. Not only is carbon critical to soil function and productivity, but it is also a main component of overall healthy soil conditions that affects both animal and crop life. These activity-based kits help simulate the production of carbon dioxide due to microorganisms in soil.

• This kit contains enough materials for 8 groups of students and comes with a Teacher's Manual and a Student Study Guide Copymaster.
• The activity covers AP Environmental Science primary learning objective ERT-4.C.
• It will take approximately 40 minutes over the course of 2 days to complete this activity (Day 1: 30 minutes and Day 2: 10 minutes).

Kit contains:

• 4 Bromothymol Blue pH Indicator, 50 mL
• Soil, Bag
• Sugar Quicksolution 0.1%, to make 200 mL
• Sugar Quicksolution 1%, to make 200 mL
• Sugar Quicksolution 10%, to make 200 mL
• 25 Containers
• 25 Bags, 8 x 10 in.
• 25 Plastic Reservoirs
• 9 Spoons
• 9 Cups, 5 oz.
• 25 Pipettes, 3 mL
• 9 Bromothymol Blue pH Color Charts

Needed but not supplied:

• Graduated Cylinders, 25 mL
• Graduated Cylinder, 100 mL

Specifications

• Grade Level: High School
• Grade: 9 to 12
• For Use With (Application): Education
• Class Size: 8 Lab Groups
• Product Type: Microbial Activity in Soil