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Types of Soil Video - posted from ,
short video that shows what the sandy, clay and silt soil looks like
Composting - posted from Dhahran, Eastern Province
This is a great place to talk about composting. We saved our vegetable scraps on day 1. On day 2, we poured them out on a tray and the kids had fun "Eeww"-ING and "Yuck"-ING over them. After watching a video on decomposition, we took the scraps outside, dug a hole, added the scraps, "brown material" (leaves, grass clippings, etc.), and water, then covered it up.
The boys had fun pretending they were pirates burying treasure. in a few weeks, we may dig it up to see what happened.
Video- What is Dirt made of? - posted from Dhahran, Eastern Province
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if29mjcd5bc
Soil Lessons online - posted from Dhahran, Eastern Province
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/soil/soil_safari.html
http://archive.fieldmuseum.org/undergroundadventure/
Click-through Web sites with info about soils - posted from Dhahran, Eastern Province
This site from the USDA contains great info and is right on level.
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/newsroom/features/?&cid=nrcs143_021958
This site from the BLM is a bit advanced
http://www.blm.gov/nstc/soil/Kids/index.html