Kasey Butler and Adria Arko , of San Mateo Resource Conservation District, introduce the Junior Land Stewards to what is important about soil, and the role it plays in our ecosystem. They share the biotic and abiotic components in soil. They also identify different types of soil, and illustrate how soil is so critical to environmental health.
With great thanks to our own Half Moon Bay High school Environmental Science students who lead the CUSD students in a soil decomposition activity, to bury cloth in different locations and observe the differences in microorganism decomposition activity.
Photo by Gabriel Jimenez