N15 : The Dirt on Dirt: Soiled Soil and What Our Perfect Lawns Are Doing To the Environment


Students Dylan Strathdee
School HDSB - W. H. Morden Public School - Oakville
Level Junior 7/8 - Grade 7
Group Group 1 - Earth and Environmental
Abstract To determine if by applying chemical fertilizers and by raking and disposing of leaves and deadfall that fall on our properties we adversely impact the quality of soils and thereby deprive our lawns, plants and trees of natural nutrients that would otherwise result in healthier plant life and soils.