Visualizing Texas Parent Materials.

A parent material map for Texas was created to further the Integrating Spatial Educational Experiences (ISEE2) goal of better visualization for teaching soil science. Parent materials selected for Texas were based on differentiating acid, basic, fine and coarse grained igneous and metamorphic rocks, acid and basic clastic rocks, volcanic tuff, old and new alluvium, windblown materials, as well as, coastal plains sediments. The overall goal was to develop a basic decision tree to convert Official Series Descriptions (OSD) to parent materials in a way that will highlight teaching opportunities, as well as, be congruent with neighboring states and the United States as a whole.