Students will launch the erosion project by experiencing a mini farm rain simulation, noticing who is affected when soil washes away, and co-creating oral and visual artifacts that define the challenge, identify end users, and generate questions for later investigation.

Students will observe how water moves soil, compare ground covers in simple farmland models, learn from community voices, and use evidence to explain causes of erosion and propose a soil-protection idea for local farmland.

Students will study strong erosion-solution examples, make a simple testable prediction, plan a team farmland model, build and revise an early version, and document how feedback changed their design before testing in the next phase.

Students will carry out a quick, sensory test of their farmland erosion solution, collect observable evidence with adult support, and share what the test shows about how ground cover can protect soil for local farms.

Students will share their farmland erosion solution evidence with a local 4-H Extension visitor, listen and respond to feedback, and show their growth as observers, testers, teammates, and problem solvers.