![Fossweb: Pebbles, Sand, and Silt [Pdf] Activity](https://d15y2dacu3jp90.cloudfront.net/images/attachment_defaults/resource/large/FPO-knovation.png "Fossweb: Pebbles, Sand, and Silt [Pdf] Activity")
University of California
Fossweb: Pebbles, Sand, and Silt [Pdf]
This PDF resource provides four sequential activities for children in first and second grade which introduce concepts in earth science.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Soil Properties
Students investigate soil porosity by building a model using the three main soil textures: sand, silt, and clay.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: What Is Soil Made Of?
Do you know what makes up soil? Soil is a combination of many different living and non-living things and provides raw materials needed by all living things. In this lesson students will explore a sample of natural soil by identifying and...
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: The Dirt on Soil
This interactive website explores the various soil layers and introduces you to the lifeforms that live in those soil layers.
Andre Dollinger
Reshafim: Pottery
Pottery was used in Egypt across the ages. Read about the kinds of clay used, the foreign influences on the shapes of pottery, and the many uses of pottery.
Indiana University
Indiana University Bloomington: Geo Notes: Loess: Product of Ice Age Winds [Pdf]
Explains how loess came to be deposited over much of Indiana by the melting of glaciers during the Ice Age.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Texas Pocket Gopher
Only soils with low percentages of silt, clay, and gravel will do for the Texas Pocket Gopher, so many of its populations are isolated from one another. The species occurs in southern Texas and extreme northeastern Mexico, burrowing in...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Habitat Part 2
This activity is designed for students to examine soil and determine which soil will be the best for plant growth. The students will also investigate the effect of sunlight on plants and the importance of sunlight in producing chlorophyll.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: The Great Plant Escape: Soiled Again
Become a detective and solve the soil mystery! To solve the case you must discover what soil is, why it's important, and in what kind of soil do plants grow. You will find out the four components of soil along with the different soil...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Tanis, 1886
Plan of the ancient Egyptian site of Tanis, often referred to as the Thebes of the North. Tanis was the Lower Egyptian capital during the late period during the nineteenth dynasty. It was built on the Tanitic arm of the Nile River near...
Curated OER
Eternal Egypt: Shawabti of Hor
This shawabti of Hor holds a broad-bladed hoe against his right shoulder and another against his left. A basket for carrying sand or silt is on his back.
Michigan Reach Out
Michigan Reach Out!: Digging the Earth's Crust
Lesson plans from Michigan Reach Out! to help students understand the different soil types and what uses they would be good for.
Texas A&M University
Soil Physical Properties: Texture
Descriptive site provides details on the physical properties of soil. Contains a brief description on soil texture as well as structure, consistence and color.
University of Arizona
University of Arizona: Az Master Gardener Manual: Properties of Soil
Site provides a brief description of soil texture as well as discusses the relative size of soil particles.
Other
Southern Kings Consolidated School: Loess
This site describes loess in pretty good detail, also adding visual with two pictures. Great source for understanding how loess occurs and where it is found.