The Junior Land Stewards learned all about soil without getting dirty (saving that for their planting field trip coming up next). They discussed the importance of soil in our world, soil habitat, soil texture and erosion. Students determined the soil texture of their garden sites by doing a jar analysis test, using some complex fractions and percentages and the soil texture pyramid. They also got to take a closer look at soil particles through hand microscopes and discovered that sand it very beautiful!
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