Objectives:
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After completing reading in the manual, online module, and class activities, the student will in class:
- Identify physical, chemical, and biological properties of a healthy soil
- Find the appropriate information on a fertilizer label
- Describe the process of collecting a soil sample for testing
- Interpret the results of a soil test
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Quiz:
Student Materials:
Extra Stuff
Additional links:
- Soil Regions of Wisconsin Map
- USDA Web Soil Survey
- Water Movement in the Soil (an oldy but a goody)
- Soils, Plant Nutrition and Nutrient Management, University of Missouri Extension
- University of Wisconsin Soil Testing Laboratories
- Dirt: The ecstatic skin of the Earth, (book)by William Bryant Logan
- Soil Science Simplified, (book) by Helmut Kohnke and DP Franzmeier
- Priming for Production (podcasts)
Coordinator Materials:
