Innovating Science® - CTE: Soil Scout: Choose Your Crop

Test soil like an agricultural technician! Hands-on kit guides students to analyze pH, NPK levels, texture, and percolation rate of a local sample. Use data-driven insights to choose the ideal crop for the land. Contains enough materials for 10 groups of students, a Teacher's Manual, and a Student Study Guide copymaster.

Aligned to Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources (AFNR) Content Standards*

PS.02, ESS.03, NRS.01.

Aligned to Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)**
Disciplinary Core Ideas: PS1.A; PS1.B; LS2.A
Performance Expectations: MS-PS1-2; MS-LS2-1
Cross Cutting Concepts: Patterns; Cause and Effect
Engineering Practices: Analyzing and Interpreting Data

Kit Includes:

50mL Soil pH Indicator Solution
250mL Soil Nutrient Extracting Solution
5g Phosphorous Indicator Powder
20mL Phosphorous Reagent
25mL Nitrate Reagent
5g Nitrate Indicator Powder
2 x 25mL Potassium Reagent Solution
5g Potassium Indicator Powder
50g Detergent Powder, with Spoon
10 Extraction Bottles
10 Jars with Lids
50 Pipettes
13 Scoops (10 for Soil, 3 for Reagents)
1 Spoon
10 Coffee Filters
10 Cups, 5 oz.
10 pH, N, P, K Color Charts

*Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources (AFNR)” is a registered trademark of the National Council for Agricultural Education. Neither National Council for Agricultural Education nor the lead states and partners that developed the AFNR Content Standards were involved in the production of, and do not endorse, this product.

**Next Generation Science Standards” is a registered trademark of Achieve. Neither Achieve nor the lead states and partners that developed the Next Generation Science Standards were involved in the production of, and do not endorse, this product.

Innovating Science® products are For Laboratory Use Only