Students explore soil
Mar 2, 2020
Isaac Barrett holds up something that he found in a soil sample. Photo by: Elizabeth Leidhold
Evelyn Parsons uses a tool to collect soil. Photo by: Elizabeth Leidhold
______ uses a tool to collect a soil sample as Maggie Payne looks on. Photo by: Elizabeth Leidhold
Maggie Payne works with students in the Natural History Museum. Photo by: Elizabeth Leidhold
MARION — During a "Soil Critters" after-school program on Feb. 26 at the Marion Natural History Museum students had a chance to learn about what makes up a healthy soil and count the small critters that live in different types of soil.
Maggie Payne of the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service shared her expertise with the students.
The soil from the compost pile had the highest number of animals, with 17 pill bugs, 26 worms, two beetles, 34 springtails, two millipedes and one nematode.
