Teaching through Trade Books: The Dirt on Soil

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Have you ever played in the dirt? Repotted a plant? Planted a garden? In each and every one of these activities, you touched something that is a valuable resource in our lives—dirt! This month’s column has students investigating different aspects of something that is right beneath our feet but plays an important role in the daily lives of many organisms.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 9/1/2007Stock # sc07_045_01_16Volume 045Issue 01

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Maureen Stover (Seaside, CA)

Using Trade Books to Teach about Soil

This article summarizes two excellent trade books that can be used to help students learn about soil and soil composition. In addition to the book summaries, the article includes two lesson... See More

Erin

Very Good!

This article provides two experiments that help to bring nature into the classroom. Both activities are hands on and something that students would truly enjoy doing. The article also suggest... See More

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Laura R (Regina, SK)

Appreciating a simple hands on article

I have had an interest in finding ways to bring the natural environment into the classroom for students ever since I was enrolled in the faculty of education. This article explained simple w... See More

Arlene Jurewicz Leighton

Play with dirt

This short article invites teachers to explore the topic of soil with their students using two books 'Dirt' and 'Handful of Dirt' Exploration of types of soil for students in K-3 and comp... See More

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