Workshop Highlights

Canyon Creek Elementary: Grade 4

• Dirt: Secrets in the Soil

Resource Packet

• About Agriculture in the Classroom
• Teacher Resource Center
• Where Does Ag Fit in the State Core?
• Bee-line Newsletter
• Utah Agriculture Activity Map
• Utah Federal Lands Map
• United States Federal Lands Map
• MyPlate Fact Sheet
• Who Grew My Soup?

• Dirt: Secrets in the Soil PowerPoint

• AITC Soil Center

Soil Lessons

• How Much is Dirt Worth?
  • Dirt: Secrets in the Soil - Slicing Up the Land Hitting Pay Dirt
• Color in the Garden
• Types By Texture
  • Soil Texture Environmental Science
  • Dirt: Secrets in the Soil - Soil Isn't a Dirty Word
• Soil Texture and Water Percolation
• Keeping Soil in its Place
  • Dirt: Secrets in the Soil - Slip Slidin' Away
• Dark Days
  • Dirt: Secrets in the Soil - The Dust Bowl in not Played on New Year's Day
• Vermicomposting
• Soils 4 Teachers

Soil Kits

• Soil Painting Kit
• Soil Samples

Recommended Books

• A Handful of Dirt
• Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp
• Diary of a Worm
• Dirt: The Scoop on Soil
• Jump Into Science: Dirt
• Mountains of Jokes About Rocks, Minerals, and Soil
• Out of the Dust
• Rocks and Soil
• Soil! Get the InsideScoop
• Survival of the Storm
• The Journal of C.J. Jackson, Dust Bowl Migrant

• Survey