Educational Sites for Kids and Teachers
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Describing
Soils - Activity sheet by Hawai'i Space Grant College of the University
of Hawai'i.
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Digging
Deeper- The National Gardening Association maintains Kids
Gardening, with many resources for kids and teachers. It includes
background and a variety of activities to cover many concepts in gardening,
including soil topics. Many good ideas for teaching elementary school
children.
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Dirtland
of the Microbe Zoo - one section of the Digital
Learning Center for Microbial Ecology, it provides good basic
information and links to more complete explanations and illustrations.
Continued explorations from Dirtland lead to Ag Acres, Compost Pile,
Home Sweet Home House of Horrors, Root Cellar, and Toxic Waste.
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Erosion
Lab - Lesson plans for experiments illustrating erosion to elementary
school students.
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Exploring
Ancient Water Ways - Student activities that demonstrate soil
concepts, including erosion, infiltration, slope and temperature,
by the Bureau of Land Management.
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Just for Kids:
Soil Biological Communities - Soil concepts clearly and attractively
presented for younger students, by the Bureau of Land Management's
National Science and Technology Center.
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Soil Science
Education - Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment
(GLOBE)
provides interesting, thorough background on soils for junior high
and high school students.
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Soils
and their Conservation - Professor Sally Smith in the Department
of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences
at the University of Adelaide has developed an entertaining and informative
site that even includes a "soil zoo" with images of insects,
worms, microbes, fungi, and bacteria. These are presented in categories
such as "Predators," "Tunnellers," "Grazers,"
"Microbes," and "Mutualisms" to emphasis the role
each organism plays in the soil.
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Utah
Soils - Links for teachers planning a unit on soils. On Utah
Education Network, the web site for the Utah State Office of Education,
which provides a search
feature for curriculum, links, lessons, and videos.
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