1. Essential Question: Why are soil microbes impacted by human activity
Essential Question: Why are soil microbes impacted by human activity? Investigation Question: How can we make deserts green again?
Investigation 3:
Desertification can be stopped or slowed through the process of succession. Where an area can rebuild soil to allow plants to grow. The addition of soil will increase nutrient cycling and dentrification to release nitrogen back to the atmosphere.
Terms: nutrient cycling, nitrogen, denitrification, desertification, succession

2. The Process Desertification Succession Nutrient Cycling
Denitrification
Nitrogen

3. Evidence: Drawing and Labels

4. Evidence: Drawing and Labels

5. Evidence: Drawings and Labels
Conduction

6. Focus Questions Write the question and answer in a complete sentence
Q1. How can succession rebuild new soil?
Q2. How can succession increase nutrient cycling?
Q3. Why is denitrification important to nutrient cycling?

7. Exit Slip How can we make deserts green again? Claim (HOW):
Write the question and answer in a complete sentence
How can we make deserts green again?
Claim (HOW):
Evidence (WHY):
Example (WHAT):