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Links on this page are for activities and materials dealing with soil ecosystems. Soil is a living, dynamic resource made up of mineral particles (clay, sand and silt), organic matter, and numerous species of living organisms.
Soil-Net.com is an educational resource about soil, with extensive teacher aids supporting many curriculum-based interactive student activities.
The URL is: http://www.soil-net.com
Engaging Science – Lesson Plan Exchange. Students will investigate soil samples and determine the basic components of soil in a pair of hands-on activities.
The URL is: http://www.engagingscience.org/lessons/5424021.htm
This site is a study of the living creatures in our soil.
The URL is: http://www.blm.gov/nstc/soil/index.html
Lesson plans and activities. There are even soil songs that your class can sing.
The URL is: http://www.agclassroom.org/kids/index2.htm
Soil activities for elementary, middle, and high schools that teach the importance of this natural resource.
The URL is: http://www.florence.ars.usda.gov/kidsonly/hb.htm
Learning activities and games about soil. Teacher Resources
The URL is: http://www.globe.gov/cgi-bin/resourceroom.cgi?pare...
Contains activities to model expansion and contraction in soil examples.
The URL is: http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/activity/earth/earth-8.html
Students will observe and measure the relationship between water holding and drainage capacities of soils.
The URL is: http://www.epa.gov/oerrpage/superfund/students/cla...
Students will learn about the role soil micro- and macro-organisms play in the decomposition process. Late Elementary.
The URL is: http://www.epa.gov/oerrpage/superfund/students/cla...
Students can conduct a series of experiments that allow them to make conclusions about the structure of the soil in their study site. This includes tactile observations and compaction and percolation tests.
The URL is: http://www.fmnh.org/ua/netsoil.htm
Provides activities about soil erosion that lead to decision making skills about proper land use.
The URL is: http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/sci/cecsci/...
This site is produced by NASA, and it answers many of the frequently asked questions about soil. It includes tutorials, soil experiment demonstrations, and ideas for science fair projects. This site is complete with pictures and links and you can even submit your own soil-related pictures, poems, and essays.
The URL is: http://soil.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html
Superfund for Students and Teachers (K-3). Students will learn that soil is composed of many things, including living organisms, and will understand that time is important in the formation of soil. Also includes recipe for edible dirt cakes.
The URL is: http://www.epa.gov/oerrpage/superfund/students/cla...
Complete lesson plan on soil composition. Develop a recipe to make the perfect soil pie! The basic ingredients are silt, sand, clay, gravel, water, and other organic substances. Click on lessons.
The URL is: http://nesen.unl.edu/lessons/soils/mudpies.asp
Complete lesson plan about the composition of the soil affecting fertility? Middle School.
The URL is: http://nesen.unl.edu/lessons/soils/soilcomp.asp
CECsci.210 - Allows the student to see both chemical and physical weathering of "rocks."
The URL is: http://www.col-ed.org/cur/sci/sci210.txt
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