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tunnel peaks student curiosity in Blount County    Soil Tunnel
constructed by Blount County Students were allowed to crawl
through the Soil Tunnel.  “What’s That?” was the most commonly
asked question as the first graders of Cleveland Elementary
School came into the classroom. “That” being a soil tunnel,
which was built through the joint efforts of Blount County
SWCD/NRCS employees. District employees Polly Morris, Mark
Butler, and volunteer Nicholas Butler presented the soil tunnel
to students.  To go along with the soil tunnel there was a
presentation of the lesson “How Much Soil Is There?” The lesson
uses an apple to represent the earth, and its skin the earth’s
surface. After cutting away the parts of the apple that
represent water and unusable dry lands all that is left is the
skin of about 1/16 of the apple. This represents the usable land
area we depend on for the world’s food supply. This fragment
competes with all other needs such as housing