Resources for School Teachers

Penn State Publications on Conservation Tillage
- http://cropsoil.psu.edu/extension/ct/ct.cfm
Ag in the Classroom
- http://www.agclassroom.org/
Pennsylvania's Ag in the Classroom
- http://www.cas.psu.edu/docs/CASPROF/agclassroom/agclassroom.html
Ag in the Classroom: Exploring Soils (Grade 9-12)
- http://www.agclassroom.org/teacher/pdf/prairie/9_12/3_ExploringSoils.pdf
Fact Sheet on PA’s state soil
- ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/NSSC/StateSoil_Profiles/pa_soil.pdf
*K-12 Soil Teaching Resources
- http://soils.usda.gov/education/resources/k_12/
Book for hands-on soil learning
- http://soils.usda.gov/education/resources/k_12/dig_in/
Link to the Smithsonian Soil Exhibit due to open in 2006
- http://www.soils.org/smithsonian/
Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education
- http://www.jnrlse.org/
Core 4-soil conservation website
- http://www.ctic.purdue.edu/Core4/Core4Main.html
Conservation Technology Information Center
- http://www.ctic.purdue.edu/CTIC/CTIC.html
Core-4 website on Conservation Tillage
- http://www.ctic.purdue.edu/Core4/CT/CT.html
Better Soil Better Yields publication (.pdf)
- http://www.ctic.purdue.edu/CTIC/Better%20Soil%20Better%20Yields.pdf
Dr. Dirt's K-12 Teaching Resources
- http://www.wtamu.edu/~crobinson/DrDirt.htm
The Great Plant Escape: Soiled Again. (a case study for students)
- http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/case2/index.html

Soil Demonstrations For Hands-On Learning:

Soil Quality-Aggregate Stability
- http://www.ctic.purdue.edu/CTIC/AggregateStabilityDemonstration.htm
Seeing Soil Organisms
- http://www.ctic.purdue.edu/CTIC/Berlese.html
Edible Soil Profile
- http://www.ctic.purdue.edu/CTIC/BetterSoilRecipe.htm
Edible Soil Compaction Demonstration
- http://www.ctic.purdue.edu/CTIC/EdibleSoilCompactionDemo.htm
Making a Soil Profile
- http://soils.usda.gov/education/resources/k_12/lessons/profile/
The Earth as an Apple Demonstration
- ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/TX/factsheets/fact_apple.pdf