Information for Educators and Students

Last Modified: 02/19/2008

Teacher Resources

• Agriculture in the Classroom
• Agventure
• Backyard Conservation
• Backyard Conservation Lesson Plans
• Discovery Education
• Dig-In! Hands-On Soil Investigations for grades K-4
• Explorer's Club (Environmental Protection Agency)
• Hands on the Land
• Kids Next Door (US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development)
• Life of the Forest
• NASS Kids (USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service)
• National 4-H Web
• NRCS Tidbits for Teachers and Students
• NRCS National Publications
• Project "Food, Land and People"
• Project Learning Tree
• Rus the surfing squirrel (Rural Utilities Service)
• Science 4 Kids
• S.K. Worm - Answers Your Questions About Soil and Stuff (PPT; 1.52 MB)
• S.K.Worm - Questions And Answers About Soil (PDF; 971 KB)
• S.K. Worm - Diploma (PDF; 306 KB)
• Soil-Smart Worm (NRCS Conservation Communications/Soil Survey and Resource Assessment Division)
• Smokey the Bear
• Soil Education
• Soils - Just for Kids
• Teen Scene
• Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Lesson Plans (TCEQ)
• Texas Parks and Wildlife (Outdoor Kids)
• USDA For Kids Page
• Woodsy Owl (USDA Forest Service)
• Year of Clean Water
• NRCS Informational Handout (PDF; 569 KB)
• "The Scoop on Soil" - an interactive game for elementary grades

Classroom Activities

• Ag- tivities handout (PDF; 1.38 MB)
  
• Conservation Kidz (PDF; 1.77 MB)
  
• 4-6 Grade Lesson Plans (PDF; 306 KB)
  
• The World's Apple (PDF; 100 KB)
  
• Dirt Cake Recipe (PDF; 130 KB)
  
• Water's Going On! (PDF; 152 KB)
  
• Sammy Soil Coloring Book (PDF; 5.74 MB)

Urban Fact Sheets

• What on Earth Do You Know About Water? (PDF; 102 KB)
  
• What on Earth Is Soil? (PDF; 100 KB)
  
• What on Earth Do You Know About Trees? (PDF; 123 KB)
  
• How on Earth Do You Select and Plant a Tree? (PDF; 171 KB)
  
• How on Earth Do You Water Your Lawn? (PDF; 122 KB)
  
• What on Earth Do you Know About Your Lawn? (PDF; 117 KB)
  
• Water—How to Count Your Savings (PDF; 159 KB)
  
• Earth Team Volunteers (PDF; 203 KB)