Education

A soil science lab uses childhood toys to teach undergraduates about runoff. Photo courtesy of Grace Ogden.

Interactive ag education

March 26, 2026

Melanie Bayles and visitors playing the "matching game" during a "Saturday With a Scientist" event. Photo by Susan Chapman.

‘Saturday With a Scientist’ events bring awareness to soil science

March 20, 2026

Soil science grants available for K-12 teachers.

Soil science grants available for K-12 teachers

March 20, 2026

Photo courtesy of USDA-NRCS.

Soil health education in Nebraska: Practitioner insights and needs

March 18, 2026

The outside landscape surrounding the Societies’ headquarters is getting transformed from pavement to a prairie. Photos courtesy of Alison Jennings (pavement, left) and Adobe Stock (Waukesha County meadow, right).

From asphalt to ecosystem

February 19, 2026

4-H Youth Development Agents test drive the activity "Flipping Stones," a lesson on fish feeding adaptions where they are mimicking darter fish. Photo by Andrea Ludwig.

Backyard STEM: Leveraging state-wide reach of 4-H to teach environmental and soil science

February 16, 2026

Photo courtesy of Adobe Stock/insta_photos.

Understanding attrition risk for online students

December 31, 2025

Figure 1. At the “Saturday With a Scientist” event in Salt Lake City, UT, SSSA K-12 Committee member Wale Adewunmi talks with visitors about the “Soil Your Undies” activity. Photo by Liz Gillispie.

SSSA K-12 Outreach Committee: Sharing ideas that work!

December 12, 2025

Photo courtesy of Adobe Stock/ dsbedarieva.

Learning to appreciate fungi

November 29, 2025

Undergraduates require access to authentic field environments to learn effectively. An undergraduate student (left) assists a Ph.D. candidate (center) deploying targets prior to a UAV (drone) aerial imagery survey, under the guidance of an expert geospatial scientist (right), in coastal dunes on Kangaroo Island after a significant bushfire. Photograph by A. Turner.

No replacement for field trips: The importance of hands-on learning in earth science

September 24, 2025

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