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.

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Soil Activity Sheets

	Soil soaking
	What is soil made of?
	Soil hand texturing
	Testing soil
	What makes plants grow?
	Jam Jar experiment
	Soil Chemistry Challenge
	Soil Chemistry Connections
	Whats In Soil?
	Soildoku! Soildoku! (Deutsch)
	Activity_Wormery.pdf

Soil-Net Factsheets

	Factsheet: Soil components
	Factsheet: Soil types

Soil-Net Web Resource Worksheets

	SoilScapes viewer
	EcoQuiz
	Eco Lifestyles Quiz Personal Actions handout
	TerrainBuilder

Outdoor Activity Worksheets

	Watering soil
	Wormhunt !
	Testing the soil acidity

Introductory Topic Sheets

	What is soil?
	Why does soil matter?
	How do soils form?
	The beginnings of soil
	Soils under the microscope
	Properties of soil
	Why and how soils differ
	Soils as a living being
	Soils, plants and food production
	Soils of England and Wales

Colouring Worksheets

	Colouring in
	Colouring in
	Colouring in
	Colouring in
	Colouring in
	Colouring in
	Colouring in

Puzzle Worksheets

	Maze puzzle
	Maze puzzle
	Soil word grid
	Multiple page Activity WordGrids
	- 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

	Biodiversity poster
	Earthworm poster
	Soil foundations poster
	Hungry plants poster
	Thirsty plants poster
	Soil chemistry poster
	Soil composition poster
	Soil pH poster

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Soil-Net Promotion

	Soil-Net promotional poster - please help promote Soil-Net by putting up this poster.
	Soil-Net Handout - use this handout to help promote Soil-Net.

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