Soil quality research is the study of the characteristics, composition, and health of a soil sample and how these factors impact the soil's ability to perform it's intended function. Lesson 1 provides ...

Meeker County residents were recently invited to spend an afternoon in a farm field to learn about soil in a conservation reserve program, or CRP. About 20 people attended “Soils and Sod Field Day” in ...

The research process above is taught in SQIQ's project-based learning curriculum. SQIQ Lesson 3 introduces the final soil quality research projects. The purpose of this module is to get the students ...

A COURSE of lessons on soil provides an essential sequence to the formation of school gardens if it is desired to make the best use of the latter. Teachers contemplating such a course are strongly ...

Water is a unique compound that is essential to life on Earth. In the pedosphere, the physical and chemical properties of water regulate the flow of energy and solutes, making soil water a crucial ...

"Quick Tips: Resources for Teachers” is a series of short videos providing down-to-earth advice and instructional tips to teachers of STC™, our signature science curriculum. Each “Quick Tip” offers ...

Many of us have been out in the garden planting and taking care of our lawn but experts say there is one important step to gardening that many of us don't do. It has to do with our soil. We need soil ...

MELROSE — Jodi DeJong-Hughes scraped and picked at soil with her knife Thursday as she walked through a pit in a corn field at Spring Water Acres farm south of Melrose. The regional extension educator ...

What do you think soil has to do with your health? The Rodale Institute is hosting an upcoming conference to explore this question. It will bring healthcare providers and farmers together to examine ...

Microbes are recently recognized as driving the energy and nutrient transformations that fuel Earth’s ecosystems in soils, oceans and humans. Where studied, viruses appear to modulate these microbial ...