NASA's Earth Minute: Dishing the Dirt

• This short video allows students to understand why soil moisture is important and how it affects the health and well-being of the planet.
  
• NASA explains why they are studying soil from space and how they can use this data to predict droughts, fires, floods, and landslides. 

Positives

• This video is brief, easy to understand, and uses engaging animations. 
  

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should know the definition of soil. 
• There may be an ad before the video.
  

Differentiation

• This video would be great to use in a science class when learning about the water cycle.
• This resource talks about the soil's role in natural disasters which could also be beneficial in science or social studies classes. 
• Some other related resources are Droughts, Floods, and Water Vapor - Oh My! and Conventional Versus Ecological Farming. 

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