Brianna Lummerding
Career Profiles
Agronomic Innovation Manager
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Healthy Soil
Lessons
Students will explore the composition and characteristics of different local soils and learn about what makes soil healthy.
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The Dirt on Soil Conservation
STEM Explained
If I asked you to name a few things that all life on the planet couldn’t live without you could probably come up with some good answers, but I bet you’d never think to say dirt.
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What is Soil?
Backgrounders
Learn about soil, soil texture and the various layers of soil.
![What makes soil hard and compacted?](/sites/default/files/2019-08/what-makes-soil-hard-and-compacted.jpg)
What makes soil hard and compacted?
Hands-on Activities
Explore how walking on soil changes how water soaks into the ground and why that matters to gardeners and farmers.
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What is soil made of?
Lessons
Students will explore the composition and characteristics of different local soils and learn about what makes soil healthy.
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Design & Build a Soil Sifter
Lessons
Students will work collaboratively to design and build a sifter that separates soil according to particle size.