Soils Sciences Society of America
Students learn about soil from various sources including the Soils Sciences Society of America www.soils4teachers.org/home
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The Other Inconvenient Truth
Then they listen to Jonathan Foley’s Ted Talk relating soil depletion, agriculture, population dynamics and climate change. Students tie what they have learned about soil to our present and future social justice issues regarding land and agriculture. Sharing ideas via D2L (a course management) discussion board.
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EARTH: The Apple of Our Eye
They create a soil model, and conduct an elementary level demonstration of the limited agricultural land there is on the planet. Such as
“EARTH: The Apple of Our Eye” They are then required to develop a lesson plan to teach these concepts to a K-8 audience. |