PEDONS
Component 1: Pedon description, classification, and interpretation
Students will describe, classify, and interpret soil pedons. Soil pedon information will be compiled from disclosed or undisclosed locations throughout the USA. Coaches and other participants are encouraged to submit pedons to be included in the contest. Each pedon will include a narrative (with location, landform, and background information), an image of the landform and/or landscape, a diagram of the hillslope position, a high-quality image of the soil profile, and a partially filled in contest site card (see example in the appendix). Pedons will be selected by the contest committee to be reserved for the competition and the remaining pedons will be used for practice. Students will fill in the missing content for the pedons on the soil contest site card following the rules described in this handbook. Coaches will administer the practice and competition for the soil pedon component of the contest. This portion of the contest is open book. Student scores will be sent to the contest committee by the indicated due date.
Practice PedonsPractice pedon answer keys are posted in the Coaches shared drive, which all coaches have access to.
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Pedon SubmissionsA benefit of a virtual contest is that students will be able to study soils from all over the country. To make that happen, we need your help! This is an opportunity to show off your interesting soils!
Please consider submitting pedons for students to describe in the contest. A select number of pedons will be reserved for the individual and group contest. All other pedons will be available for practice and posted on this page. A blank pedon (word document) is available for you to download and fill in. Please follow the format of the example. Once completed, please email pedons (word document) to Bryant Scharenbroch at [email protected] |