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Education and Teaching Materials

Education and Teaching Materials

Publications

The Natural Resources Conservation Service provides a variety of publications about conserving our natural resources.  

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Snow School

West-wide Snow Survey Training School

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Soil Biology Primer

The Soil Biology Primer is an introduction to the living component of soil and how it contributes to agricultural productivity and air and water quality. 

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Soil Colors of the United States

Maps that show soil color at various depths for individual States and the Continental United States.

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Soil Crayons

Soil crayons, a mixture of soil and wax, provide an opportunity for observation of a variety of colorful soils.

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Soil Education

Learn About Soil Science and Soil Health

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Soil Education

Soil-related educational resources for students.

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Soil Educator Resources- New Hampshire

Annually, NRCS in New Hampshire helps support soils education in the Granite State and participates in the Envriothon with Middle and High School students to help develop their knowledge of soil science. Below are some resources for educators.

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Soil Facts

Definitions of soil and soil survey, information on careers, some basics on soil formation and classification, and a soil science glossary.

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Soil Health ABCs

Iowa NRCS is celebrating Back to School by featuring the ABCs of Soil Health.

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Soil Texture Calculator

Learn how to calculate a single point texture class based on percent sand, silt, and clay. Including the optional sand fractions will refine the calculation.

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Soils Planners

Download or order the 2025 Soils Planner.

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Soils Statistics FY2023 - Florida

Florida's field teams perform excellent work, collecting valuable data to assess soil change at several study sites, and demonstration plots across the state. This data helps us to better evaluate resource concerns while providing critical information to update our technical guidance and standards.

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State Soils

A state soil is a soil that has special significance to a particular state. Each state in the United States has selected a state soil, twenty of which have been legislatively established.

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Water and Climate Data Collection and Stewardship

The National Water and Climate Center manages big data from thousands of climate stations and manual data collection sites across North America, and makes that data available to the public.