Investigating the soil food web
Investigating the soil food web
Description: (complete unit, video) Instructors - ages 7-13 adaptable for all ages
Contents: Junior Landcare provides children the opportunity to play an active role in ensuring the safe future of our natural environment; story, overview, outcomes, seasonal notes, instructions, extension activities & references
Source: juniorlandcare.org - https://juniorlandcare.org.au/learning_activity/investigating-the-soil-food-web/
Crossposted: Library Resources/ Soil - Units & Projects
Investigating the soil food web
Description: (complete unit, video) Instructors - ages 7-13 adaptable for all ages
Contents: Junior Landcare provides children the opportunity to play an active role in ensuring the safe future of our natural environment; story, overview, outcomes, seasonal notes, instructions, extension activities & references
Source: juniorlandcare.org - https://juniorlandcare.org.au/learning_activity/investigating-the-soil-food-web/
Crossposted: Library Resources/ Soil - Units & Projects
Healthy Soil
Healthy Soil
Description: (website with lots of resources) Instructors - all ages
Contents: Soil is more than just a medium for growing your plants – it has a life of its own! Each scoop of soil contains millions of microbes that keep the tiny ecosystem functioning, which is essential for growing food and creating living landscapes. When we think about soil as a living system, we can better understand how its health can change based on how we treat it; healthy soil as a priority, soil is alive, what soil is made of, how do we assess soil healthy and keep it healthy
Source: Tulatin Soil and Water Conservation District https://tualatinswcd.org/priorities/healthy-soil/
Crossposted: Library Toolkit / Biospheres - Soil Microbiomes, Websites
Healthy Soil
Description: (website with lots of resources) Instructors - all ages
Contents: Soil is more than just a medium for growing your plants – it has a life of its own! Each scoop of soil contains millions of microbes that keep the tiny ecosystem functioning, which is essential for growing food and creating living landscapes. When we think about soil as a living system, we can better understand how its health can change based on how we treat it; healthy soil as a priority, soil is alive, what soil is made of, how do we assess soil healthy and keep it healthy
Source: Tulatin Soil and Water Conservation District https://tualatinswcd.org/priorities/healthy-soil/
Crossposted: Library Toolkit / Biospheres - Soil Microbiomes, Websites
Garden Adjective Adventure
Garden Adjective Adventure
Description: (complete lesson which can be made into a Unit) Instructors - all ages
Contents: A garden space is full of things (both living and nonliving) that engage the senses. In this lesson, students use the garden as a muse for growing their descriptive writing skills.
Source: kidsgardening.org https://kidsgardening.org/resources/lesson-plan-garden-adjective-adventure/
Crossposted: Library Resources/ Plants, Seeds, Compost - Lessons section in each
Garden Adjective Adventure
Description: (complete lesson which can be made into a Unit) Instructors - all ages
Contents: A garden space is full of things (both living and nonliving) that engage the senses. In this lesson, students use the garden as a muse for growing their descriptive writing skills.
Source: kidsgardening.org https://kidsgardening.org/resources/lesson-plan-garden-adjective-adventure/
Crossposted: Library Resources/ Plants, Seeds, Compost - Lessons section in each
FAO Soils Portal (UN Food & Agriculture Organization)
FAO Soils Portal
Description: (LOTS of diverse resources, free PDFs, etc) research, Instructors - mostly high school level content adaptable for all ages
Contents: wide variety of soil related resources from around the world
Source: UN Food & Agriculture Organization https://www.fao.org/soils-portal/resources/en/
Crossposted: Library Toolkit/Cultural considerations-Region,Global
FAO Soils Portal
Description: (LOTS of diverse resources, free PDFs, etc) research, Instructors - mostly high school level content adaptable for all ages
Contents: wide variety of soil related resources from around the world
Source: UN Food & Agriculture Organization https://www.fao.org/soils-portal/resources/en/
Crossposted: Library Toolkit/Cultural considerations-Region,Global