Information For Teachers and Students

Fun How-To's

Some of the following documents require Adobe Acrobat

• How to Make Soil Crayons (450 KB) (HTML version)
• How to Make Soil Paint (124 KB) (HTML version)

Links to Government Websites for Kids

• Ben's Guide to U.S. Government
• Bureau of Land Management Kids Page
• EPA for Kids
• Farm Service Agency Kids Page
• FEMA For Kids
• GLOBE Program
• GLOBE Program Teacher's Guide
• HUD - Kids Next Door
• NASA Earth Observatory
• NASS Kids Page
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Kids Page
• NRCS Tidbits for Teachers and Students
• NRCS "Answer Worm"
• USDA-ARS Science for Kids
• USDA Food Safety Coloring Book
• USDA-Forest Service - Woodsy Owl
• USDA For Kids
• U.S. Department of the Interior - Just for Kids
• White House for Kids

State of Connecticut

• Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection 

Organizations

• American Farm Bureau - Educating About Agriculture
• Center for Global Environmental Education
• Children of the Earth
• Educational Resources Information Center
• Connecticut Envirothon
• Earthforce
• Field Museum of Chicago - Underground Soil Adventure
• Foodroutes
• Geological Society of America - Resources for K-12 Earth Science Educators
• Urban Ecology Institute's Greentimes
• Ground Water Adventurers
• Ground Water Foundation
• Local Harvest
• Massachusetts Ag in the Classroom - Soil Activities
• Massachusetts Environmental Education Page
• National Audubon Society
• National Environmental Education and Training Foundation
• National Future Farmers of America
• National Ground Water Association
• National Wildlife Federation
• Project Soil
• Science Olympiad
• Sierra Club - Connecticut Chapter
• Wildlife Conservation Society

Miscellaneous

• Discovery Channel - The Dirt on Soil
• Ecological Landscaping Network
• eNature.com
• Georgia Pacific Educational In Nature
• Illinois Department of Agriculture Kids Page
• King's County Natural Resources Kids Page
• Memorial Hall Museum Online - Geology and Formation of New England
• No Butts About It Litter Campaign
• NRCat's Scratching Post
• Smokey Bear
• Solar Youth
• United Nations Environmental Program for Kids
• Volcano World
• West Texas A&M University - Dr. Dirt's K-12 Teaching Resources and Activities
• Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Environmental Education Page
• Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Project Learning Tree
• Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute - The Earth and Me

NRCS Feature Publications

• NRCS Feature Publications

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