Workshop Highlights

Dirt: Secrets in the Soil

• Dirt: Secrets in the Soil PowerPoint

Lesson Plans

• How Much is Dirt Worth?
  • Dirt: Secrets in the Soil - Slicing Up the Land Hitting Pay Dirt
  • The Apple as the Earth Animation

• Color in the Garden
  • Soil Painting

• 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 is not Played on New Year's Day

Recommended Books

• A Handful of Dirt
• Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp
• Diary of a Worm
• Jump into Science: Dirt
• Mountains of Jokes About Rocks, Minerals, and Soil
• Out of the Dust
• Rocks and Soil
• Soil! Get the Inside Scoop
• Survival in the Storm

Additional Resources

• Dig In: Hands-on Soil Investigations
• The Dirt on Soil
• Dirt: Secrets in the Soil Movie
• Dust Bowl: Grantsville, Utah
• Soil 4 Teachers
• Soil Center
• Soil Painting Kit
• Soil Samples Kit