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A Comparative Study of Soil Moisture using the SMAP Protocol
Organization(s):United States of America GLOBE v-School
Country:United States of America
Student(s):Berenise Garcia, Sarai Garcia, Kamya Graham, Adrian Orduna, Hailee Rowley, and Varitek Ulrich
Grade Level:Middle School (grades 6-8, ages 11-14)
GLOBE Educator(s):Joe Ferrara
Contributors:Dr. Joe Ferrara, Jennifer Smith, Texas STEM Coalition
Report Type(s):Standard Research Report, U.S. Student Research Symposia (SRS)
Protocols:Soil Moisture - SMAP Block Pattern
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Date Submitted:05/17/2019
The purpose of this experiment was to find out if different
areas hold different amounts of soil moisture. It is important to
remember that scientists study soil so they can know what
kind of soil different places have and know why it floods more
often in some places rather than others. As a team we learned
the SMAP Block Protocol, compared the soil moisture content
on our campus at two sites and began to discuss how soil
moisture can impact our community, Dove Springs. We
concluded that in different areas around the school, soil can
hold different amounts of moisture.