Understanding Soils

When taking soil profiles, scientists tend to focus on specific characteristics and concepts that can potentially tell us the most about the conditions of the soil. They look for microbes to determine what sorts of life are present in the soil, and, by inventorying the microbes in a given soil, scientists can judge the biodiversity […]

Soil Profiles

In order to explore what is living in the soil, we will collect and analyze soil profiles from our field sites, describing physical characteristics of the soil and the microbial and insect communities living there. We will then compare our results with other soil profiles compiled from online sources. We will also compare our results […]

The MSP project is funded by an ESEA, Title II Part B Mathematics and Science Partnership Grant through the Montana Office of Public Instruction. MSP was developed by the Clark Fork Watershed Education Program and faculty from Montana Tech of The University of Montana and Montana State University, with support from other Montana University System Faculty.