“A Trip Down Under” (Virtual Field Trip)

October 2025

Discover the science of soil and the mysteries beneath our feet as students take A Trip Down Under at the Savannah River Site.

Investigate soil, layer by layer, in the Sandhills Region of the Carolinas and Georgia, learn of weathering and the role it plays in soil creation, understand the effects of soil quality on the characteristics of an ecosystem, take a look at how the earth’s materials, as natural resources, are used for common products in society and learn of an archeological find at the Savannah River Site that remembers history through an artist known as “Dave.”

Click (https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/tripdownunder) to request the free resource that includes Student Activity Guide and Teacher Answer Key.