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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    
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

Soil Biological Communities    
This site is a study of the living creatures in our soil.
The URL is: http://www.blm.gov/nstc/soil/index.html

Frozen Erosion    
Contains activities to model expansion and contraction in soil examples.
The URL is: http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/activity/earth/earth-8.html

Superfund for Students and Teachers    
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...

Buried Treasure    
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...

Underground Network    
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

Academy Curricular Exchange Columbia Education Center Science    
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/...

Soil Science Education Home Page    
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

Soil Recipe    
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...

Weathering Experiments: Sugar Cubes, Steel Wool and Gravel    
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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