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New Soil-MUC-A-Thon Guide and Template

  • This template is designed to be a guide for schools that want to do Soil-a-Thons or Soil-MUC-a-Thons and want some ideas on how to start.

Soil Science and the Education Standards

  • The science education standards and benchmarks are correlated to the GLOBE soil protocols. Coming soon: Details on where they match up.

Updated Soil Gallery

  • Take a look at new soil profile images.

Featured Soil Profile

  • Take a look at the Featured Soil Profile.

How To Make Soil Models

  • Take a look at a great new photo of a soil scientist in Thailand making a soil monolith.

Download a field guide for Soil Science protocols.

  • Brand new, this field guide can be printed out and used out in the field to complete the GLOBE soil characterization horizon description protocols. You can now download PDF versions (with higher resolution) of the field guide.

Soil In The News

  • Soil In The News Has Just Been Updated: Check out how the soil has been in the news over the last few years.

Poems

  • There's a new poem by Jessica and Caitlin.

Soil Stories (Once Upon A Sandy Loam)

  • Great new soil stories from Dr. Ray Weil
  • And some great new photos that have stories and the stories are coming soon.

 

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