Discover the complex interactions between earth, water, and the environment
Study soil and water chemistry - apply your knowledge in agriculture, health, and environmental management.
- Learn about how soils develop.
- Understand how soil chemistry and fertility affect crop growth.
- Understand the effect of soil pollutants on health and the environment.
This course is broken into two parts: soil chemistry and water chemistry. You'll begin by refreshing your understanding of chemistry, then move on to studying vital geochemical cycles and how they affect nutrient availability, soil health, and agriculture. In the second part of the course, you'll study sampling, testing, potability, drought, and real world applications to human and environmental health. At the end of the course, you'll complete a problem-based learning project based about water chemistry and human health to help cement your learning.
COURSE STRUCTURE
There are 10 lessons in this course:
- Soil Chemistry – Introduction
- Soil Chemical Properties and Processes
- Soil Chemical testing
- Soil Chemistry - Applications in Agriculture
- Soil Chemistry – Applications in Environmental Management
- Introduction to Water Chemistry
- Chemistry of Water Sources and Drinking Water
- Water Chemical testing
- Water Chemistry – Human and Environmental Health Applications
- Water Chemistry – Applications in Agriculture Problem-Based Learning Project
Each lesson culminates in an assignment which is submitted to the school, marked by the school's tutors and returned to you with any relevant suggestions, comments, and if necessary, extra reading.