Soils Information (click to see folder index for downloads)

1. Salinity project ideas
2. Soil project ideas
3. Soil project ideas – detailed
4. Soil websites
5. Handout on understanding the basics about soils, with suggested activities
6. Dispersion test for soils

Books and Activities (click to see folder index for downloads)

• Soil Project Sheets: Ideas for use in Schools, Department of Conservation, Forests and Lands, Victoria, April 1988

• The Essential Soil, Department of Primary Industries, Queensland, 1990

• Ground Work: Practical Ways of Learning About Soils, Leicestershire Museums, Art Galleries and Records Service

• The Saltwatch Resource Book, Part B: Saltwatch for Schools, Department of Natural Resources and Mines, 2004

• Soil: Earth’s Living Skin, Earth Sciences for Society Foundation, 2005

• Demonstrations in Soil Science, Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, USA

• Life in the Soil, CSIRO Publishing

• Exploring Soils, Activity A (Soil Texture) and Activity B (Just Passing Through) experiments, USDA