{"id":5412,"date":"2026-06-15T04:00:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T04:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/?p=5412"},"modified":"2026-06-15T04:00:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T04:00:19","slug":"permeability-of-soils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/?p=5412","title":{"rendered":"Permeability of soils"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In today\u2019s garden investigation, students explored the concept of permeability by testing how water moves through sand, loam, and clay. This inquiry began with direct observation and comparison of soil samples, where students identified and described differences in particle size, structure, and visible pore spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students were introduced to permeability as a scientific property and developed hypotheses about which soil would allow water to flow through most rapidly. Using a Think-Pair-Share strategy, they justified their predictions using emerging scientific reasoning, focusing on relationships between particle arrangement, spacing, and rate of flow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Microscopic observation enabled students to gather more precise qualitative data, which they recorded through detailed scientific diagrams. These observations supported refinement of their initial thinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/permeability.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"637\" data-id=\"5413\" src=\"https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/permeability-1024x637.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/permeability-1024x637.png 1024w, https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/permeability-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/permeability-768x478.png 768w, https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/permeability-482x300.png 482w, https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/permeability.png 1347w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20231031_142637.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"947\" height=\"947\" data-id=\"5414\" src=\"https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20231031_142637.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20231031_142637.jpg 947w, https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20231031_142637-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20231031_142637-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20231031_142637-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 947px) 100vw, 947px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In today\u2019s garden investigation, students explored the concept of permeability by testing how water moves through sand, loam, and clay. This inquiry began with direct observation and comparison of soil samples, where students identified and described differences in particle size, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/?p=5412\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5412"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5415,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5412\/revisions\/5415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.bialik.vic.edu.au\/kitchengarden\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}