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photo of students by a soil pit (on a windy day!)


  Exploratory Session

Session 1 - Observing Soil
     - Reading:  The Student, The Fish, and Agassiz
             (a classic piece on "observation")

Session  2 - Rocks & Minerals, weathering sequences
Session  3 - Physical properties
      - Session 3 - Handout
                        - Soil Texture Triangle (from NRCS)
                        - Flow chart for "feel" method
         
                         
                         
                         
 
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