The World beneath your feet: Soils trailer
historyIn 2006, Butler SWCD District started the process to create a mobile educational display. With the help of the Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal, the District renovated a 35 foot trailer into an impressive educational exhibit showing soil and water.
Butler SWCD is proud to be able to have the opportunity to share this great project to educate both children and adults through this educational display. Since the launch of the trailer in 2009, the district has assisted several other organizations with their own representations including a water trailer, a proposed forestry trailer, and a potential water treatment exhibit. In 2012, the trailer received an Outstanding Grant Project award from the Ohio EPA's Ohio Environmental Education Fund. To learn more about these awards and grants, visit OEEF's website. target curriculum
trailer featuresPlay in the dirt without getting dirty with a hands-on experience inside a 35-foot trailer. Guests walk through an underground world and explore the relationship between soil and water through specimen drawers that house fossils and models of aquatic creatures, as well as fabricated models of storm drains, drainage tile, plant roots and an aquifer. Interactive question and answer boards guide guests to the conclusion that water ecology is directly connected to the choices we make as humans.
Mobile Education Display
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logisticsThe soils trailer is a custom 35-foot trailer with a 7-foot ceiling. It features a rear door that folds down to create a ramped entrance that is wheel chair accessible and suitable for visitors who may need mobility assistance. The trailer needs a space that is approximately 50 feet and a clear area (clearance) of 75 feet for maneuverability and parking.
Specific dimensions:
Cones will need placed at the end of the trailer (10 ft. out) to allow additional space to lower the ramp at events. scheduling
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peek inside our soils trailer!
Soil Trailer Sponsors
We would like to perpetually thank our funders and sponsors!
This exhibit would not be possible with out these generous donors.
This exhibit would not be possible with out these generous donors.