Cape May City Elementary School

Carolyn Taylor from Cape May City Elementary School, in Cape May, New Jersey sent in this great set of photos of not only their school's profile but the students and the pit site as well. Here is what she had to say about their experience.

Dear Dr. Levine,

Enclosed, please find the pictures of our soil pit. We used the pit to do our characterization. We were surprised to fmd the soil so hard that we had to have the custodial staff rent a machine to help us dig the pit. Our school is located right next to a marsh area. We thought that we would have soft soil and that we would reach water as we dug. Instead, we found only rocks at the bottom. We believe this area was used by the Native Americans for a vacation spot years ago and then in the Victorian era it was developed into a golf course. Finally, -the school district bought the land and this is where our school was built. We looked for evidence from the previous owners, but were unable to fmd anything that would belong to them. We think that maybe this area was filled in as they were developing the town of Cape May. The students have learned a great deal about soil as we have worked on this project. They enjoyed the Soil Site Web page. They have come to understand how important it is to take care of our soil because it is so valuable to us. We look forward to working on the next Protocol. The Soil Characterization was done by the third grade students at Cape May City Elementary School. If you have any questions or comments for them please feel free to contact them at taylor@cmce.capemayschools.com.

If you have taken a photograph of your soil and you would like to tell a Tale From the Pit, please send it to us at globe@ltpmail.gsfc.nasa.gov or care of:

Dr. Elissa Levine
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Code 923, Bldg. 22
Greenbelt, MD 20771