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Soil Activities, Worksheets, Printables, and Lesson Plans

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Short Reading Comprehensions
Very Quick Readers
     Soil (Very Quick Reader; Grade 2-4 Readability)
     Soil Crusts (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     What Is a Worm Test? (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     What's in the Horizon? (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     A Rainbow of Soil (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Bacteria in the Soil (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     More Than Just a Chip off the Old Block (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Fungi Helpers (Very Quick Reader; Grades 5-6 Readability)

Short Readers
     Don't Call It Dirt! (Short Reader; Grades 1-2 Readability)
     What Is Soil? (Short Reader; Grades 1-2 Readability)
     Earthworms and Soil (Short Reader; Grades 2-4 Readability)
     Ant and His Fellow Arthropods: Life in the Soil (Short Reader; Grades 2-4 Readability)
     Useful Mudpies: The Soil Squeeze Test (Short Reader; Grades 2-4 Readability)
     How Soil Is Made (Short Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Goodness, Gracious, Great Garden Soil! (Short Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Types of Soil (Short Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Hmm...What Is Humus? (Short Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Dig Down Deep: Animals That Burrow in the Soil (Short Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Fungi in the Soil (Short Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Save the Soil! (Short Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Soil's Primary Macronutrients (Short Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     The Dust Bowl, Human-Caused Soil Erosion (Short Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Don't Spoil the Soil! (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Acid or Base: A Fizzy Soil Test (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Bubble, Bubble, Would This Soil Cause Trouble? (Short Reader; Grades 5-7 Readability)
     What Is Compost? (Short Reader; Grades 5-7 Readability)

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Reading Comprehensions
     The Scoop on Soil
     Soil (Grades 3-5)
     Soil Horizons (Grades 3-5)
     Facts About Soil (Grades 5-6)
     The Movement of Soil, Part 1 (Grades 9-10)
     The Movement of Soil, Part 2 (Grades 9-10)
     Mapping Rocks and Soil (Grades 9-10)

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Books

This One is Just Right (Grades 2-3)

Get the Scoop: Insider Secrets About Soil (Grades 3-4)

What Lives in the Soil? (Grades 3-4)

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