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<div><font face="Arial"><b>Integrating Soil Science into Primary
School Curricula: Students Promote Soil Science Education
with</b></font><font face="Arial Bold Italic"> Dig It! The Secrets of
Soil</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial">Andrew J. Margenot, Katelin Alldritt, Susan
Southard and Anthony O'Geen</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"><i>Soil Science Society of America
Journal</i></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial">doi:10.2136/sssaj2016.03.0056</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"><i>Published: July 7, 2016</i></font></div>
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Principles of soil science are highly complementary with subjects
required by state and national standards and offer an opportunity to
integrate science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education
and non-STEM subjects, such as history and anthropology. However, soil
science is often absent from primary education curricula. This is a
missed opportunity for both primary education and the soil science
community. We integrated soil science into primary education using the
Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) traveling soil science
exhibit<i> Dig It! The Secrets of Soil</i>.
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<div><font face="Arial">Core Ideas:</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial">-There is a need to incorporate soil science
into primary education.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial">-A partnership brought soil science to Grades
2-7 in the Sacramento-Davis area of California.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial">-Graduate students used the Dig It! soils
exhibit to engage primary school students.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial">-Curricula standards are a potential
constraint and entry point for soil science.</font></div>
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outlines of the carbon cycle, in organisms at any rate, have been
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Edward S. Deevey, Jr. Mineral Cycles.<br>
<i>Scientific American</i>, September 1970</font></div>
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