Soil: The rainbow beneath - a soilart collaboration
Using plant and animal fiber grown and produced in Wyoming, artist, Diana Baumbach, and soil scientist, Karen Vaughan, created woven and cut pieces inspired by and representing soil. See below for a peek at some of the pieces on display - now at the UW Geological Museum.
Links that may be of interest to you if you think soil science is as important as I do...
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING
UWYO Ecosystem Science and Management Department
UWYO Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources - Field Notes
AUGMENTED REALITY SANDBOX resources: feel free to contact me if you have questions about the sandbox we built for the Introductory Soil Science Laboratory
Oliver Kreylos (developer), UC Davis site
AR Sandbox at UC Davis - with map of most other AR sandboxes around the world
AR Sandbox support forum - the most up to date information and software is here!
Step by step tutorial DIY AR Sandbox - a useful step by step guide
FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS or those considering graduate school
Link to questions that should spur discussion in your personal statement (for applicants to my lab only)
Thoughts on Applying to Grad School (for prospective students and their mentors) by Dynamic Ecology
So, you want to go to grad school? Nail the inquiry email by the Contemplative Mammoth
Practical Guide to Science Writing and Publishing by Dr. Ryan McEwan at the University of Dayton
WRITING etc.
The 5 Virtues of Successful Graduate Students from the Chronicles of Higher education
Kipling's guide to writing a scientific paper
The unofficial guide for authors - from research design to publication
LAB etc.
A blog post about an interesting lab philosophy
Link to methods commonly used in the UWYO Pedology Lab
Link to Emily Bernhardt’s page at Duke University
Elena Bennett’s page at the McGill University
UWYO Ecosystem Science and Management Department
UWYO Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources - Field Notes
AUGMENTED REALITY SANDBOX resources: feel free to contact me if you have questions about the sandbox we built for the Introductory Soil Science Laboratory
Oliver Kreylos (developer), UC Davis site
AR Sandbox at UC Davis - with map of most other AR sandboxes around the world
AR Sandbox support forum - the most up to date information and software is here!
Step by step tutorial DIY AR Sandbox - a useful step by step guide
FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS or those considering graduate school
Link to questions that should spur discussion in your personal statement (for applicants to my lab only)
Thoughts on Applying to Grad School (for prospective students and their mentors) by Dynamic Ecology
So, you want to go to grad school? Nail the inquiry email by the Contemplative Mammoth
Practical Guide to Science Writing and Publishing by Dr. Ryan McEwan at the University of Dayton
WRITING etc.
The 5 Virtues of Successful Graduate Students from the Chronicles of Higher education
Kipling's guide to writing a scientific paper
The unofficial guide for authors - from research design to publication
LAB etc.
A blog post about an interesting lab philosophy
Link to methods commonly used in the UWYO Pedology Lab
Link to Emily Bernhardt’s page at Duke University
Elena Bennett’s page at the McGill University
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OUTREACH and SCICOMM
"Science for All" short-film we created as part of an EPSCOR filmmaking workshop - 2017 "Soil science chose me" Interview by 500 Women Scientists HERE Meet Dr. Karen Vaughan, Soil Scientist and Creative Science Communicator - interview by Women in Ag Science, February 2020 materials for outreach to preschoolers - the worm song - soil coloring book from I heart SOIL - coloring page I created outreach materials created for soil and earth science - grade 4 - handout - modules Haub school career series lecture - March 2018 Wetland Biogeochemistry - where disciplines colloid - Warkentin lecture series at Oregon State University - May 2018 If a tree falls in the forest an no one hear it, does it matter: the importance of communicating science - presented at Oregon State University - May 2018 Soil evolution and mass flux of basaltic volcanic in a cool, semi-arid climate - presented at UW Geology Distinguished Lecture Series - October 2018 Importance and use of color in soil science - presented to Diana Baumbach's Color Theory course at UW - October 2018 SOIL: The rainbow beneath - lecture for course entitled: Exploring Fabric as a Vehicle for Communication SOILS: The living foundation - presented prior to a discussion with the UWYO Program in Ecology seminar course Beauty in Soil - article written by Christina Garton in Handwoven Magazine Using soil to make art - article written by Rebecca Dzombak in Smithsonian Magazine |
Soil-related photos
Photos by Karen Vaughan unless otherwise noted - please feel free to use these images for education purposes but contact me for all other uses.
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Link to the 2019 National Collegiate Soils Contest hosted by Cal Poly, SLO photo album Link to 2018 Arctic Soils Field Tour photo album - co-instructed by Drs. Alexander Kholodov, Karen Vaughan, and David Weindorf - photos shared here were taken by many participants in the course - names are shown in the album Link to the 2018 National Technical Committee for Hydric Soils field tour in Pinedale, WY photo album Link to the 2018 National Collegiate Soil Contest in Martin, Tennessee photo album Link to the Geomorphic Reclamation research photo album Link to the 2017 UWYO Regional Soil Judging Contest (Laramie, WY) photo album Link to the 2017 Dinosaur National Monument Field Course photo album and the 2018 DNM field course photo album Link to 2017 National Collegiate Soil Judging Contest in DeKalb, Illinois photo album |