Soil Education

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• Soil Facts -- definitions of soil and soil survey, information on careers, some basics on soil formation and classification, soil science glossary, and regulations for moving soils
   
• Painting with Soil—Jan Lang’s Images of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
   
• Key Messages -- 10 key messages to understanding soils
   
• Soil -- Fundamental Concepts (PDF; 541 KB)
  • handout (PDF; 277 KB)
     
• State Soils -- find out about your state soil
   
• Links for students and teachers
  • Grades K-6
  • Grades 7-12
  • College level
     
• Videos and Webinars
   
• NCSS Training and Job Aids -- directed to employees of agencies participating in the National Cooperative Soil Survey (NCSS)
   
• Web Soil Survey -- online soil maps and data for more than 95 percent of the nation’s counties
   
• The Twelve Orders of Soil Taxonomy poster
   
• Dig It! The Secrets of Soil
  • Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
  • Soil Science Society of America
  • National Association of Conservation Districts
     
• NRCS Photo Gallery -- natural resource and conservation related photos from across the United States

Last Modified: 09/28/2011