Supported through the Royal Society’s Seed Grant funding, this project will work with primary and secondary schools to explore the influences on rates of soil infiltration. An understanding of these processes is a key feature of the National Curriculum for geography and the project will support teachers to carry out high-quality fieldwork within their school grounds.
Schools will undertake their infiltration fieldwork over the coming terms to investigate different conditions and contexts. They will be provided with standardised equipment and professional support with their investigations from the GA and DRET geography teams.
Each school will also receive additional support and on-site visits from leading soil experts from the British Society for Soil Science and the Centre for Soil, Agrifood and Biosciences at Cranfield University. These visits will explore the importance of soils to our lives and where an interest in soils can take you in later life.
Good to see Dan Evans and Chantal Mayo-Holloway amongst the people involved in this project.
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