After this lesson, students will be able to list aspects of soil composition; appreciate that soils are living and dynamic; recognize that soils vary in composition; describe where nutrients in soils come from; recognize that plants take up water and nutrients from the soil; and recognize that growing crops can deplete agricultural soil of nutrients.
Lewis and Clark made a record of 178 plants and 122 animals previously unknown to European Americans. How did they know what to call things, or whether a plant they saw in early April would eventually have flowers? How did they know if a beaver was more closely related to a squirrel or a cat?...
On Sunday, May 5, at 2:00PM, in the Betty Strong Encounter Center, John Liepa will describe “How Iowa Met Baseball: the Myths, the History, the Players.” Over the past century, the setting for the spring passion of many Iowans has been the ballpark.
After completing this lesson, students will be able to recognize that plants remove nutrients from the soil; explain the roles of diffusion and active transport in moving nutrients from the soil to the plant; and relate the root and vascular systems of the plant to the human circulatory system.
On Sunday, May 12 at 2:00 PM at the Betty Strong Encounter Center, Jack and Mike Langley will brighten our day with a “Celebration of Mother’s Day.” Admission is free; reception follows.
After completing this lesson, students will be able to recognize that plants, like people, require essential nutrients to be present in the right amounts in order to be healthy; use reference materials to diagnose plant nutrient deficiencies; define fertilizer as a type of "food" for plants; and appreciate that fertilizers are used to replenish nutrients in agricultural soils.
The second field trip in our Lewis and Clark Kids' Club series will be a trip to the National Music Museum in Vermillion, South Dakota, and Washington Pavilion in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on Saturday, May 18, 2024. Students will receive a tour of the National Music Museum in Vermillion, South Dakota; eat a picnic...
On Sunday, May 19 at 2:00 PM at the Betty Strong Encounter Center, Henry Payer, Ho Chunk of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska and a multidisciplinary artist, will share ???. Admission is free; reception follows. Working primarily with collage and mixed media, Payer references the altered landscape through indigenous cartographic methods of “picture-writing” combined with...
After completing this lesson, students will be able to recognize that farmland is a resource; appreciate that the world's growing population demands an increase in food productivity; describe the role fertilizer plays in increasing food productivity; distinguish between organic and commercial fertilizers; describe how excess nutrients are harmful to the environment; and identify different sources of nutrient pollution.
After completing this lesson, students will be able to appreciate how soil properties contribute to plant health; recognize that nutrient deficiencies limit crop productivity; understand the role of fertilizer in growing crop plants and in restoring nutrient balance to agricultural soils; relate crop productivity to the need for more farmland; and describe challenges associated with feeding the world's growing population.
Some of the weather we encounter every day would have been more than just surprising to the men of the Lewis and Clark Expedition - it could have been terrifying! Imagine feeling your first day of -40 degree temperature; or the first time you saw a snow drift higher than your tallest friend; or seeing...
Take a "Ride Around Siouxland--in 1871" with Russ Gifford.