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Introductory soil science

Introductory Soil Science lecture slides (Karen Vaughan)

Soils Lab Manual - open access (Colby J. Moorberg and David A. Crouse)

SoilWeb200: provides students with online, interactive, graphical, video and text-based information to assist them in understanding fundamental soil science concepts, submitted by Meryn Corkery (PI Dr. Maja Krzic)

General Soil Science lecture slides, University of Maine (Kaizad F. Patel)

Soil and Society SoftChalk lessons (Judith Turk)

Soil Reader, an example to learners of comprehensive note taking from reading textbook material. Therefore, this resource is meant to augment other content introduced to the learners by their instructor (Donald G. McGahan, Ph.D., Tarleton State University) and the Glossary of Soil Science terms, in association with the Soil Reader.

Soil Stories with Nic and Laura, “Soil Stories with Nic and Leanna is a podcast developed for SOIL 2125 (Basic Soil Science) at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities starting on 18MAR2020 in response to the move to remote instruction for all classes due to COVID-19 policies recently enacted.“ (Nic Jelinski)

 A work in progress: Soils: An Annotated Bibliography: focused on resources relevant to introductory soil science course readings - a publicly-viewable Zotero library (Colby Moorberg)

Contemporary Topics in Environmental Science Soils Workshop & Slides. There are 4 main lecture slide sets and one is for a 2 hour workshop, where students (in groups) spent class time researching a soil ecosystem of their choice to then present a 5 min presentation (not assessed) on their chosen soil. (Helen Glanville)

Profile investigation in a soil pit with focus on horizons, texture, structure (video, Ray Weil)

Profile investigation in a soil pit with focus on color and classification (video, Ray Weil)

Profile investigation in a soil pit with focus on O horizons and forest floor (video, Ray Weil)

Soil Science Australia soil education and online resources (including videos and other content)

Introduction to Soils lab activity - geared to high school (Kristen Manies)