Teaching Organic Farming and Gardening

Soil Biology and Ecology Unit 2.3 | 27 Step-by-Step Instructions, Demonstration 2 Demonstration 2: Soil Respiration step-by-step ...

Soil Biology and Ecology 28 | Unit 2.3 organisms, they may also impair the viability of beneficial organisms. Organic matter dec ...

Soil Biology and Ecology Unit 2.3 | 29 On the Soil Respiration Data worksheet, record the temperature in Celsius at the time of ...

Soil Biology and Ecology 30 | Unit 2.3 A high soil respiration rate, indicative of high biological activity, can be a good sign ...

Soil Biology and Ecology Unit 2.3 | 31 Demonstration 3: Assessing Earthworm Populations as Indicators of Soil Quality for the in ...

Soil Biology and Ecology 32 | Unit 2.3 PreParatiOn SHOvEl-COUNT METHOD For the shovel-count method, very little prepa- ra ...

Soil Biology and Ecology Unit 2.3 | 33 Demonstration 3: Assessing Earthworm Populations as Indicators of Soil Quality step-by-st ...

Soil Biology and Ecology 34 | Unit 2.3 MateriaLs needed Assemble materials as per instructor’s outline SHOvEl-COUNT METHOD For ...

Soil Biology and Ecology Unit 2.3 | 35 Demonstration 4: Soil Arthropods for the instructor Overview This demonstration introduce ...

Soil Biology and Ecology 36 | Unit 2.3 TUllGREN FUNNElS Collect samples from various habitats and care- fully place in funnels. ...

Soil Biology and Ecology Unit 2.3 | 37 Hands-On Exercise: Carbon and Nitrogen Mineralization for students Overview A major funct ...

Soil Biology and Ecology 38 | Unit 2.3 resistant fraction 10% 100:1 C:N Total in this fraction 600 kg C/ha 6 kg N/ha Moderately ...

Soil Biology and Ecology Unit 2.3 | 39 resistant fraction 10% 100:1 C:N Total in this fraction 600 kg C/ha 6 kg N/ha Moderately ...

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Soil Biology and Ecology Unit 2.3 | 41 Assessment Questions Assessment Questions what is soil? what forms of life exist in s ...

Soil Biology and Ecology 42 | Unit 2.3 Assessment Questions Key Assessment Questions Key what is soil? • An ecological sys ...

Soil Biology and Ecology Unit 2.3 | 43 Resources Resources Print resOUrces Coleman, David, and Dak Crossley. 1996. Funda ...

Soil Biology and Ecology 44 | Unit 2.3 Soil Quality Information Sheets soils.usda.gov/sqi/sqiinfo.html Soil Quality Instit ...

Soil Biology and Ecology Unit 2.3 | 45 SIMPLE HEMI- PROTEINS FATS CARBOS CELLULOSE CELLULOSE LIgNIN ASH Oak leaf (young) 9 8 22 ...

Soil Biology and Ecology 46 | Unit 2.3 Appendix 2: Litter Bag Data Sheet (for Demonstration 1) Matter Decomposition in Litter Ba ...