Activity sheets
This section gives you loads of activity sheets to download and copy. They will help you learn more about soil and its properties hopefully whilst having fun! Most of the sheets also have a teachers page attached as well as the student sheet. The subjects covered here are directly related to the rest of the Soil-Net website. Where possible, sections have indicative Key Stage indicators. Click here if you have problems opening these files:
 | All pages combined into one large file (pdf, 25551K) |
Soil Activity Sheets
Soil-Net Factsheets
 | Factsheet: Soil components (pdf, 194K) |
 | Factsheet: Soil types (pdf, 106K) |
Soil-Net Web Resource Worksheets
 | SoilScapes viewer (pdf, 1038K) |
 | EcoQuiz (pdf, 384K) |
 | Eco Lifestyles Quiz Personal Actions handout (pdf, 366K) |
 | TerrainBuilder (pdf, 563K) |
Outdoor Activity Worksheets
 | Watering soil (pdf, 552K) |
 | Wormhunt ! (pdf, 654K) |
 | Testing the soil acidity (pdf, 518K) |
Introductory Topic Sheets
Colouring Worksheets
 | Colouring in (pdf, 58K) |
 | Colouring in (pdf, 53K) |
 | Colouring in (pdf, 60K) |
 | Colouring in (pdf, 71K) |
 | Colouring in (pdf, 65K) |
 | Colouring in (pdf, 68K) |
 | Colouring in (pdf, 40K) |
Puzzle Worksheets
 | Maze puzzle (pdf, 384K) |
 | Maze puzzle (pdf, 165K) |
 | Soil word grid (pdf, 175K) |
 | Multiple page Activity WordGrids (pdf, 364K) |
 | Glossary wordgrids (zip, 1368K) - zip file of the glossary wordgrids for all the Soil-Net Primary movie animations |
Soil Type Maps
 | Brown soils |
 | Ground water gleys |
 | Man made soils |
 | Organic soils |
 | Pelosols |
 | Podzols (or Podsols) |
 | Rankers |
 | Rendzinas |
 | Salt marsh soils |
 | Sand dune soils |
 | Surface water gleys |
Soil-Net Posters
Soil-Net Promotion
 | Soil-Net Promotional poster (pdf, 228K) - please help promote Soil-Net by putting up this poster. |
 | Soil-Net Handout (pdf, 452K) - use this handout to help promote Soil-Net. |
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| All pages combined into one large file (pdf, 25551K) |
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