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'SOIL activities to get your hands soiled but not dirty. Dirt is soil that is 'out of place'.' |
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Soil is, metaphorically, the bedrock of Agriculture and some soils, literally, derive from the bedrock.
Engage in simple 'soils-on' activities that will educate you and, hopefully the students with whom you work later, in the basics of Soil Science. All materials will be supplied and are easily and cheaply acquired. The activities are easily replicated.
Experience different soil particle size and see how various scientific skills: observation, classification, sorting and experimenting can be developed using soils as the raw material.
Agriculture starts with the soil...
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| Dr. Craig Wilson | |
| Email: | cwilson@science.tamu.edu |
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| Speaker Order: | 1 |
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| Person Type: | Primary Presenter |
| State: | Texas |
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| Main Phone: | 512-636-9031 |
| Biosketch: | Dr. Wilson collaborates with Farm Bureaus of TX, AR, OK, KY & TN. He was born in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland Grew up in England and attended Oxford University. He met his Texan wife in Iceland and they had their three children in The Kalahari Desert in Botswana, Africa. His office is in the USDA Building in College Station, alongside which has been created a USDA People’s Garden complete with Monarch Waystation (butterfly garden), pond and ‘Texas pocket prairie’ where students are able to spend a day working on science activities. He has taught for forty-six years on three continents in situations ranging from beneath a huge thorn tree on the edge of the Kalahari Desert to experimenting with weightlessness on NASA’s KC-135. He has worked with teachers in all fifty states and has taught in 36 states, including Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico. He currently is Director of the USDA Future Scientists Program. |
| Organization/Affiliation: | USDA/ARS & Texas A&M University |
