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Oxbow Soil Vitality: Is it Healthy?


This article is from Issue Student Scientist - Vol. 10 No. 1.

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The student scientists used the Soil Quality Index (SQI) to determine the overall health of soils at the Oxbow.

Welcome Section

Note to Educators

Journal Lesson Plan

Reflection Section Answer Guide

"Science Topics" covered in this article:
  • Life Science
  • People and Science
  • Technology and Science

Specific "Thinking About Science" Themes:
  • Characteristics of Scientists
  • The Scientific Process

Specific "Thinking About the Environment" Themes:
  • Human impact on natural resources

NSE Standards covered in this article:
  • Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry (A)
  • Natural hazards (F)
  • Nature of science (G)
  • Populations and ecosystems (C)
  • Properties and changes of properties in matter (B)
  • Regulation and behavior (C)
  • Risks and benefits (F)
  • Science and technology in society (F)
  • Science as a human endeavor (G)
  • Structure of the earth system (D)
  • Understandings about science and technology (E)
  • Understandings about scientific inquiry (A)