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Soil Health Education Resources for the Classroom

Lesson plans, educator guides, soil quality test kits, soil health posters, and other educational resources about soil health.

Soil Life Website and Video Series

SoilLife.org is a collaborative project between NRCS and the University of California, Davis that aims to educate people about the necessity of soil to support and sustain life. See this UC Davis blog about the project. The interactive website and an animated video series highlights the connection between healthy soils, healthy plants, healthy people, and a healthy planet.

Lesson Plans 

Filtration Lesson Plan (1.12 MB)
Soil Glue Lesson Plan (2.84 MB)
Soil Water Lesson Plan (1.06 MB)

Activities

Soil Quality Test Kit Guide (1.76 MB)
Guía para la Evaluación de la Calidad y Salud del Suelo (3.26 MB)
Soil Quality Evaluation Worksheet (58 KB)
Soil Quality Test Bucket (918.96 KB)

Posters

Soil Biology Key Educational Messages (35 KB)
Three Soil Biology Classroom Activities (160.52 KB)
On-Site Soil Quality Indicators Poster (16.93 MB)

Mighty Mini Microbe coloring book

In this 24-page science-based adventure tale coloring book, young soil explorers will discover how Mighty Mini Microbe and her band of superheroes (with a little help from soil health farmers and friends) help take care of plants, people, and planet Earth. (2017) 

Mighty Mini Microbe's Tale coloring book cover

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