Healthy Soil
Students will explore the composition and characteristics of different local soils and learn about what makes soil healthy.
The Dirt on Soil Conservation
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.
What is Soil?
Learn about soil, soil texture and the various layers of soil.
What makes soil hard and compacted?
Explore how walking on soil changes how water soaks into the ground and why that matters to gardeners and farmers.
What is soil made of?
Students will explore the composition and characteristics of different local soils and learn about what makes soil healthy.
Design & Build a Soil Sifter
Students will work collaboratively to design and build a sifter that separates soil according to particle size.