This interactive website explores the various soil layers and introduces you to the lifeforms that live in those soil layers.

The online version of the "Soil Conservation Surveys Guidebook," helps forest resource managers from British Columbia plan and implement sound forest practices. Divided into three sections, the guidebook includes soil conservation...

Seven hands-on lessons module allows middle schoolers to learn about soils. These inquiry-based investigations explore the kinds and arrangements of materials in soils, the amount of water that flows through soil, and how soil is eroded.

Have you ever played in dirt from your yard? You were actually playing with one of the most important natural resources on earth - soil. Watch a short video on soil and a second video showing the phases of plant development using...

This engaging site about soil is easy to understand and filled with quick facts. Cartoon graphics and menu tabs highlight topics which include the importance of soil, fast facts, soil critters, food webs, and others.

In this lesson students conduct a soil analysis to understand soil types and explore the relationship between the garden and healthy, fertile soil. Soil is a natural resource that is crucial to life on Earth and when managed properly, it...

Material to launch exploration of Earth's soil and its important role. View a one-hour video, accompanied by details on soil horizons and soil formation, and ideas for bringing this topic into the classroom.

Soil scientists are interested in soil not just for agricultural purposes, but also for construction conditions. Read about the career and employment opportunities for soil scientists in this Science Buddies career profile. Find out the...

Students learn about how soil is made, who really needs soil, and what happens to soil if you don't take care of it.

Check out a world map hosting a variety of options for views of various soil types. Identify the different soils and where they can be found.

Do you know what makes up soil? Soil is a combination of many different living and non-living things and provides raw materials needed by all living things. In this instructional activity students will explore a sample of natural soil by...

Lesson plan engages learners to separate, examine and identify the major components of soil to better understand how these components give soil its unique physical characteristics.

Soil and water conservation are important in the protection of the earth's natural resources. Read about the careers that study and encourage conservation. Find out about the educational requirements necessary to become a soil or water...

The element lead is a neurotoxin that is particularly dangerous to young children. Among other uses, lead compounds were common paint additives until being phased out for safer titanium-based additives beginning in the 1960's. Lead...

Foundations for many types of structures rest on soil. This project shows how you can investigate the bearing capacity of different types of soil.

Cute site for younger students to learn the basic facts about soil. Follow the questions and answers posed by a cute earthworm and his family!

This tutorial introduces students to the properties of soil.

Students learn about one method used in environmental site assessments. They practice soil sampling by creating soil cores, studying soil profiles and characterizing soil profiles in borehole logs. They use their analysis to make...

After completing this lesson, students will understand the source and the process for the formation of soil, the different types of soil, and the components of soil.

A thorough explanation of erosion including causes of soil erosion, water erosion, and water erosion.

Students learn the basics about soil, including its formation, characteristics and importance. They are also introduced to soil profiles and how engineers conduct site investigations to learn about soil quality for development,...

This unit teaches students how soils develop and provides links between soils, climate, vegetation, and geology. It includes a field exercise where students can sample and characterize their local soil and relate different soil processes...

Help Detective Le Plant dig for clues in the soil to solve this case. You'll need to find out what soil is, why it is important, and in what kinds of soil plants grow.

The following story provides students with an in-depth understanding of the significance of soil. Read about Anita, Simon and Dennis, their search for Scoop and all that ensues to help them understand Earth's processes.