Soils and Warfare
It is time to spread the word on soils and the impact of soils on culture. So, I went to work writing a blog post for the soils4teachers.org Soil and […]
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Citizen Science Raingarden Transformation
Over a 6 week process, I got to know 10 girls very well, and I am very proud of the work that they did for planning the garden. I thought […]
Pumpkin are Flowering
This week, I got the results of the nutrient probes. Some of our pumpkin plants have flowers already. I have no idea that if this is normal or not… This […]
Citizen Science – Week 4
For week four, the engineers came back out (as did the CFO of the girl scouts). The girls got into groups and had to plan out a garden size and […]
Citizen Science – Week 3
So, I have been derelict in posting these last sessions for citizen science, mostly because life got kinda busy (new house, new hobbies, new jobs, etc.) But, I am going […]
Germinating Pumpkins!
Well… The awesome pictures that I got from the installation of PRS nutrient probes (more on these later) and nutrient sampling with my interns Karyn and Bella went into the […]
African Mud Cloth: Soil and Art at it’s Best!
African Mud Cloth: Soil and Art at it’s Best! So, I love combining art and soils, and this is by FAR my favorite activity! I have done several variations of […]
Citizen Soil Science Rain Garden Day
I realize that I am skipping ahead like seven blog posts… but my girl scouts are doing amazing job teaching younger girls about rain gardens before we plant our final […]
Purple Mountains Majesty: An Artistic Process
When I was in middle school, we took a trip out west, into the mountains of Colorado. Being from the flat-lands of Wisconsin, I had a lot of love for […]
Tobacco on Mars
I am a total nerd and I am not ashamed of it. As a card carrying nerd (that grew into a soil scientist), I have always wanted to be the […]
Environmental Degradation: Drought
I am in the process of writing a cover letter and resume for a Girl Scout program director position. Needless to say, it is a long, harrowing process, and I […]
Earth and Water Pendant
This is my latest wire wrapping project. I made this necklace using Lapis Lazuli beads, and an Appling soil clod covered in modge podge. The external frame is made with […]
Make Your Own Soil Color Book
Soil comes in many different colors, including purple, white and green! This is a project I came up with, and will be testing it later this week for the first […]
Soil Horizon Cupcakes
I love soil, it is super important to a lot of basic life functions, and it very pretty!Soils generally have different horizons. The topsoil (A) contain a majority of the […]
Ipad Program: Awesome Fungus in Raccoon Loft
Camp owns 8 Ipads for use in technology education. I was tasked with coming up with engaging activities. We are doing citizen science combined with a fungus hunt! With all […]
Why Some Civil War Soldiers Glowed in the Dark?
This blog is about soils and how they are important in art and culture, and nothing, to me, captures the awesomeness of soils like glow in the dark bacteria! Soldiers […]
Soil Chunk Tree
This is a red soil clod covered in Modge Podge, and wire wrapped with 24 ga silver wire into tree roots, and formed into a tree with green semi-precious […]
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