After the Spring Hike:
Drawing Details of the Lookout on the Bluff
Analyzing Soil Samples

The Lookout gave us a view of the Mississippi River floodplain.

Remembering the details helps sharpen our memory skills.

This sample came from the mysterious Circle Stick Pyramid in the woods.

Working at a soil sample station.

Observing for texture, sand, life, and any other particles.

CJ makes a soil rubbing on his data sheet.

Brogan shows three parts of the sheet completed.

Returning soil to the sample container

Scientists testing out their instruments

Recording observations

What did they find? Is it a seed, a rock, or a larva?

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