LIMA, OH (WLIO) - Some Lima City School students got their hands a little dirty on Friday, all for the love of science.
The students learned how to identify specific types of soil and their purpose in the environment, and educators can see when the light bulb turns on for the students.
Science Enhancement for Science Advancement, known as SESA, has spent the last two days teaching kindergarten to eighth grade students an array of science topics. These sixth graders at Lima South Science and Technology Magne School getting a lesson in what is below our feet every day. Soil is a natural resource that covers most of the Earth's surface and is made up of minerals, organic matter, air, and water. The students learned how to identify specific types of soil and their purpose in the environment, and educators can see when the light bulb turns on for the students.
SESA instructor Rachel Smith explains, "A lot of days yes, they’re really like, “Oh my gosh, this makes sense now." We need clay, sand, and silt so not too much water runs through, so we don’t have flooding, or the roots don’t rot. They really start to make the connection as to why all of this is important to our everyday survival and then their livelihood as well.”
Smith hopes that the SESA program will get some of these students looking at a career in the science field. This is the 35th year for the SESA program funded by several major industries in Lima Allen County.
