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What is Soil?
http://www.soil-net.com/dev/page.cfm?pageid=secondary_intro&loginas=anon_secondary
http://www.exploratorium.edu/gardening/feed/dirt

Soil - Facts:
http://www.gardenbuildingsdirect.co.uk/Article/fun-facts-about-soil

Soil - General:
http://www.gardenbuildingsdirect.co.uk/Article/the-science-of-soil

Composition (Spanish & English):
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/case2/c2facts2.html
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/case2/c2facts1.html

Organisms:
http://yucky.discovery.com/flash/worm/pg000102.html http://www.fieldmuseum.org/undergroundadventure
http://www.naturewatch.ca/english/wormwatch/
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/soil/SoilBiology/earthworms.htm

Soil testing:
http://www.agr.state.nc.us/cyber/kidswrld/plant/soiltest.htm

State soil:
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/soil/st_soils/list.htm

Hands On Activities -
Ecosystem:
http://www.naturewatch.ca/english/wormwatch/activities/bottle.html

Earthworms:
http://www.naturewatch.ca/english/wormwatch/

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/worms/index.html

http://www.cityoftacoma.org/file.ashx?cid=591

Dirt detective:
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/education/conservationcentral/walk/walk1_broadband.html

Composition:
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/soil
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/soil/soil_safari.html

Time-lapse movies - germination, flowers opening:
http://plantsinmotion.bio.indiana.edu/plantmotion/flowers/flower.html

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