About this episode
Evie and the kids explore how soil is made and its connection to the environment with Dr Samantha Grover.
Evie wants to know, "How is soil made?" Soil is everywhere but where does it come from? And why does it get treated like dirt? Nij and the kids team up with Dr Samantha Grover from the Soil-Atmosphere-Anthroposphere Lab at RMIT University. Together they'll journey deep underground to learn all about the connections between soil, the environment, and people! For more great kids podcasts, download the free ABC listen app (Australia). There you’ll find more kids news podcasts, educational children’s stories and storytelling, podcasts from your favourite characters like Bluey and Hey Duggee and plenty more of the best kids podcasts like Imagine This, Dino Dome and News Time. For all ages from 0–4-year-olds, 5–8-year-olds, 8–10-year-olds, tweens and teens. And you can watch our kids shows on ABC iview and on the ABC Kids and ABC Big Kids channels of YouTube kids.
People in this episode
Guest: Dr Samantha Grover
Topics covered
- soil
- environment
- education
- kids
- science
Keywords
- soil
- environment
- kids podcast
- education
- RMIT University
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: RMIT University, ABC Australia
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