Using All the Senses: Have You Smelled the Rain Yet?

This week I facilitated a session on Gardening With and For Kids at the Library - and focused the discussion on using all the senses.

The families and I looked at the library flower and vegetable garden, listened to footsteps, cars and the air-conditioning unit, dug up a carrot and smelled it.  Since it had just rained, we all smelled the "after rain scent" too.  We took time to touch the cultivated earth and some plants in the garden.
I'll post a link to my presentation on Using all the Senses in a day or two, in the meantime here's an infographic on the "smell of rain". 

"The human nose is extremely sensitive to geosmin and is able to detect it at concentrations as low as 5 parts per trillion."  If you smell a special smell before a thunderstorm - that could be ozone. Check out more details: at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrichor

Infographic reposted from the Extension Master Gardener Facebook Page, July 11 2014.

And see http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/01/16/slow-mo-video-of-raindrops-reveals-how-rain-gets-its-distinctive-smell/