Soil & Food Security baMEL
The Soil and Food Security baMEL asks students to consider the role of soil in providing food for the world's growing global population. Soil is essential to human life. Not only is it vital for providing most of the world's food, it plays a critical role in ensuring water quality and availability. Soil helps to mitigate climate change and affects biodiversity.
The Models
Model A: Increased knowledge has resulted in improved farming methods and soil health. These improvements will solve food challenges.
Model B: Our use of natural resources has negative effects on soil health. This places risks on food access for our growing population.
Model C: Soil is not necessary for food security. Other farming methods that do not rely on soil will solve food security problems.
Show me information about the models.
HideStudent Handouts
- Soil and Food Security baMEL Model Plausibility Ratings (Acrobat (PDF) 147kB Jul10 25)
- Soil and Food Security baMEL – Model Cards (Acrobat (PDF) 92kB Jun30 24)
- Soil and Food Security baMEL – Large Model Cards (Acrobat (PDF) 137kB Jun30 24)
- baMEL – Diagram (Acrobat (PDF) 183kB Jun26 25)
- Explanation Task (Acrobat (PDF) 52kB May6 24)
Lines of Evidence
Student Handouts
- Soils and Food Security baMEL – Evidence Cards (Acrobat (PDF) 29kB Jun30 24)
- Soils and Food Security baMEL – Large Evidence Cards (Acrobat (PDF) 28kB Jun30 24)
- Soils and Food Security baMEL – Evidence Texts Color (Acrobat (PDF) 4MB Jun30 24)