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> <span class="protocol-top-link"><a href="#14349266">Supporting Protocols</a></
span> <span class="protocol-top-link"><a href="#13326837">Field Guides</a></span
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l-protocol-sub-title"><a name="13326840" class="protocol-anchor">Protocol</a></h
3> <div class="protocol-protocol-file"> <a href="/documents/352961/e5d46e27-2ac0
-4a34-8fbf-7a871c66a4be" target="_blank">Soil Characterization protocol (pdf)</a
> </div> <div class="protocol-protocol-content"> Students will identify horizons
in a soil profile, observe the structure, color, consistence, texture, and the
presence of rocks, roots, and carbonates of each horizon, and take samples for u
se in laboratory characterization protocols. </div> </div> <h3 class="protocol-s
ub-title"><a name="14349266" class="protocol-anchor">Supporting Protocols</a></h
3> <div class="protocol-description">Protocols to help in completion of the main
protocol</div> <div class="protocol-file-list"> <div> <a href="/documents/35296
1/5b9110c4-e026-4ad1-914d-237e1219fb40" target="_blank">Bulk Density protocol (p
df)</a> </div> <div class='protocol-description'>Students will measure the mass
of a dry soil sample of known total volume including pore space to determine the
density of the whole sample.</div> <div> <a href="/documents/352961/1a98284f-d4

f0-4827-a746-4c4162e680d6" target="_blank">Particle Size Distribution protocol (


pdf)</a> </div> <div class='protocol-description'>Students will suspend a known
mass of dry soil in water and measure the specific gravity of the suspension aft
er sand and then silt has settled out of the suspension to determine the amount
of each soil particle size group in the sample</div> <div> <a href="/documents/3
52961/9e59d0d4-4cf5-4e62-9802-081a61442ef4" target="_blank">Selecting, Exposing,
and Defining a Soil Characterization Site (pdf)</a> </div> <div class='protocol
-description'>Students will use a technique chosen by their teacher to expose a
soil profile for characterization.</div> <div> <a href="/documents/352961/5d7d7d
ab-3bc5-4424-9354-f395b928d151" target="_blank">Soil Fertility protocol (pdf)</a
> </div> <div class='protocol-description'>Students will use a GLOBE Soil Fertil
ity Kit to prepare samples and determine whether nitrate, phosphate, and potassi
um are absent from a soil sample or present in low, medium or high concentration
s.</div> <div> <a href="/documents/352961/08b00ef4-5344-4c7c-85ff-b840b291e309"
target="_blank">Soil Particle Density protocol (pdf)</a> </div> <div class='prot
ocol-description'>Students will measure the volume of a known mass of dry soil p
articles and calculate the density of the particle portion only of a soil sample
.</div> <div> <a href="/documents/352961/782a668b-cecb-4801-ad80-db32a701eb58" t
arget="_blank">Soil pH protocol (pdf)</a> </div> <div class='protocol-descriptio
n'>Students will prepare a one-to-one mixture of dry soil and distilled water an
d then measure the pH of the liquid left after most of the soil has settled to t
he bottom of the mixture.</div> </div> <h3 class="protocol-sub-title"><a name="1
3326837" class="protocol-anchor">Field Guides</a></h3> <div class="protocol-desc
ription">Step-by-step instructions for collection data according to the protocol
s.</div> <div class="protocol-file-list"> <div> <a href="/documents/352961/60603
de3-060f-4ffa-801c-39ea12e4364f" target="_blank">Horizon Sampling Field Guide (p
df)</a> </div> <div class='protocol-description'></div> <div> <a href="/document
s/352961/2e8a655a-3f5b-442b-be16-d32d2953e899" target="_blank">Soil Bulk Density
Field and Lab Guide (pdf)</a> </div> <div class='protocol-description'></div> <
div> <a href="/documents/352961/fea0549c-49d0-43d3-abcd-03cbdc4137e0" target="_b
lank">Soil Characterization protocol Field Guide (pdf)</a> </div> <div class='pr
otocol-description'></div> <div> <a href="/documents/352961/629e09ca-7fee-4ecb-9
3a1-3cd9b224dde8" target="_blank">Soil Characterization Site Exposure - Auger Me
thod Field Guide (pdf)</a> </div> <div class='protocol-description'></div> <div>
<a href="/documents/352961/d5593bd3-1054-48ee-a738-43045540fe43" target="_blank
">Soil Characterization Site Exposure - Near Surface Method Field Guide (pdf)</a
> </div> <div class='protocol-description'></div> <div> <a href="/documents/3529
61/8a5b0dea-a045-4e7d-a41a-256b4ad5d4c7" target="_blank">Soil Characterization S
ite Exposure - Pit Method Field Guide (pdf)</a> </div> <div class='protocol-desc
ription'></div> </div> <h3 class="protocol-sub-title"><a name="13326836" class="
protocol-anchor">Data Sheets</a></h3> <div class="protocol-description">Sheets t
o be filled out during data collection</div> <div class="protocol-file-list"> <d
iv> <a href="/documents/352961/d759b444-cdfa-4123-a78f-b92b82dfa4ab" target="_bl
ank">Bulk Density Data Sheet (pdf)</a> </div> <div class='protocol-description'>
</div> <div> <a href="/documents/352961/a3624505-f6c3-4f22-be4c-75d2b6e98d78" ta
rget="_blank">Soil Characterization Site Definition Sheet (pdf)</a> </div> <div
class='protocol-description'></div> <div> <a href="/documents/352961/561e69a5-70
f9-41af-804a-d07bf86dd895" target="_blank">Soil Fertility Data Sheet (pdf)</a> <
/div> <div class='protocol-description'></div> <div> <a href="/documents/352961/
6588fef2-7084-46a7-9531-2031f3cc193c" target="_blank">Soil Particle Density Data
Sheet (pdf)</a> </div> <div class='protocol-description'></div> <div> <a href="
/documents/352961/f71f3439-9f48-4c49-bd5a-9c367639177c" target="_blank">Soil Par
ticle Size Distribution Data Sheet (pdf)</a> </div> <div class='protocol-descrip
tion'></div> </div> <h3 class="protocol-sub-title"><a name="13326838" class="pro
tocol-anchor">Learning Activities</a></h3> <div class="protocol-description">Act
ivities to help students learn more about the instruments and protocols</div> <d
iv class=""> <div> <a href="/documents/352961/a744ce39-0be0-4e30-999b-ad2fb8b0be
94" target="_blank">A Field View of Soil - Digging Around (pdf)</a> </div> <div
class='protocol-description'>Students discover that soil properties such as mois
ture and temperature can vary considerably across a single landscape.</div> <div

> <a href="/documents/352961/a542e33d-e06e-4baf-9b83-dd84df9bae9e" target="_blan


k">From Mud Pies to Bricks (pdf)</a> </div> <div class='protocol-description'>St
udents make mud pies by adding water to the various soil components, letting the
m dry and observing the pie's characteristics.</div> <div> <a href="/documents/3
52961/06f90bc2-1e4e-4830-b36d-dba1e170914e" target="_blank">Just Passing Through
(pdf)</a> </div> <div class='protocol-description'>Students are introduced to t
he basic concepts of how water passes through soil in an activity which illustra
tes the scientific method. More advanced students investigate the effects of soi
l characteristics on water infiltration and the chemistry of water that has pass
ed through soil</div> <div> <a href="/documents/352961/c5712e79-6e0b-4f71-9aa8-5
b9a075775ef" target="_blank">Just Passing Through (Beginner Version) (pdf)</a> <
/div> <div class='protocol-description'>Beginning students are introduced to the
basic concepts of how water passes through soil in an activity which illustrate
s the scientific method. More advanced students investigate the effects of soil
characteristics on water infiltration and the chemistry of water that has passed
through soil</div> <div> <a href="/documents/352961/5c5f7bfe-f98f-4aec-b554-539
809a98725" target="_blank">Soil and My Backyard (pdf)</a> </div> <div class='pro
tocol-description'>Students collect, describe and compare soils from their own b
ackyards.</div> <div> <a href="/documents/352961/0051e478-fe75-4fd8-b551-1d73e36
a4335" target="_blank">Soil Learning Activities Introduction (pdf)</a> </div> <d
iv class='protocol-description'></div> <div> <a href="/documents/352961/821adf05
-2b82-4548-92e2-9469b6b7b76b" target="_blank">Soil-The Great Decomposer (pdf)</a
> </div> <div class='protocol-description'>Students simulate environmental condi
tions in order to determine the key factors that affect the decomposition of org
anic material in soil.</div> <div> <a href="/documents/352961/5a184b04-9ac0-4284
-be86-f5938bd43a6f" target="_blank">The Data Game (pdf)</a> </div> <div class='p
rotocol-description'>Teams of students play a game in which they gather data and
distort the values of certain measurements. They then estimate the values of th
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