SSSA Outreach Activities
Soils for Teachers Website - www.soils4teachers.org
Our primary K-12 outreach site is dedicated to the needs of teachers/educators, providing ready resources for the classroom. Key components include a section on soil basics, soils by subject, soils and people, lessons/activities, and resources. The searchable lessons/activities (with assigned NGSS standards) section includes SSSA developed lessons and those from external sites that have been reviewed and vetted by soil scientists to ensure the science and methods are accurate. Resources include:
- Posters
- Materials from webinars and NSTA workshops
- Ask a Soil Scientist
- State Soil Booklets
Soils for Kids Website — www.soils4kids.org
The website dedicated to students, which describes soil basics, provides Fun with Soil games, suggestions for science-fair experiments, and opens their minds to careers in soil science. It also links to information about their state soils and is further sorted by grade levels.
International Year of Soils
The United Nations General Assembly declared 2015 as the International Year of Soils - SSSA celebrated this historic year with an award-winning campaign! An extensive program of activities and videos - with monthly themes - for outreach was developed and can be viewed at www.soils.org/IYS.
I "Heart" Soil
The "I Heart Soil" outreach campaign was produced as part of the Soil Science Society of America's 75th Anniversary to increase awareness of the importance of soils and soil science. It has expanded to capture the fun of the initial theme with stickers in 15 languages, a world map, and branded clothing through Land's End. Visit our "stickers" page.
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