I Heart Soil.org

Have you ever tried to dig a hole? If so, you were digging in something

amazing – Soil! Soil is very important to us! Why? Our food comes

from plants grown in soil, our clothes are made with bers from plants,

our water is cleaned by soil, we breathe oxygen that comes from

plants growing in soil, and almost everything we build is built on soil

and with parts of soil.

But, did you know, soil is not dirt! Dirt is what gets on our clothes or

under our ngernails and isn’t used. Soil has been formed over many

years and has layers, like a cake, made up of rock, minerals, soil, and

decomposing materials (like leaves).

It’s made up of sand, silt and clay and has many different colors,

depending on where you are in the world. Many critters live in the soil,

keeping it healthy and growing. And there are different soils all over

the world from farms to prairies, polar regions to tropical islands, and

wetlands to deserts and forests.

Soil is very important to all of us. We need healthy soil to live healthy

lives. So, be good to your soil!

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Do You Soil?

LSIO

RWTEA

RAI

NUS

DOOF

LOSHETC

HESUO

7 2

8 4

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Unscramble each of the clue words.

Copy the letters in the numbered boxes to boxes above with the same number.

Soils Support Life

What’s in Your City?

Find the words about city life. Look up, down, across, and diagonally.

F P R O A D E S U O H

K D L O O H C S R K T

Z N D N D T W A R R E

C U S H Z F C A E G C

Y O N O T M P E R G I

L R M C I T Y A D A F

S G A P L L S N S R F

T Y H R O S P I U D O

O A Z G B S M A B E P

R L C X N I T R B N L

E P Y D D T L T T X P

BUS

CAR

CITY

COMPOST

GARDEN

GRASS

HOUSE

LIBRARY

OFFICE

PARK

PLAYGROUND

ROAD

SCHOOL

SOIL

STORE

TRAIN

TREE

Soils Support City Life

It’s Breakfast Time

For breakfast you have an egg, milk, orange juice, toast and jam.

Draw a line to match the breakfast food with one of the boxes below

to show where your breakfast comes from.

Soils Support Agriculture

We Love Clean Water

Connect the dots to nd animals that love clean water, ltered by soil.

Soils Clean and Capture Water

Soils Support Buildings

L B Q D L Y J S O I L L

L K A E Y C A T M T B R

R I E R R F R L D J R F

L T M O N O G E C F I R

S V A E P B M B O P C M

D D D R R M E O G O K I

O Y I I F M P D V K Z N

O A D K O Y S A R R L E

W G V H D I M A R Y P R

E A P A R T M E N T P A

G N I D L I U B F D K L

L R K L C E M E N T W S

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adobe

airport

apartment

barn

brick

bridge

building

cement

clay

dam

home

lime

minerals

pyramid

road

sand

soil

steel

wood

zoo

Find the words about soils and buildings. Look up, down, across, and diagonally.

ADOBE

AIRPORT

APARTMENT

BARN

BRICK

BRIDGE

BUILDING

CLAY

CEMENT

DAM

LIME

MINERALS

PYRAMID

ROAD

SAND

SOIL

STEEL

WOOD

ZOO

Soils Support Buildings

Let’s Play

Help the boys and girls nd their way to the center of the maze!

Soils Support Recreation

ings at Don’t Belong

Mouse

Rabbit

Shoe

Groundhog

Worms

Car

Snake

Snail

Trees

Flowers

Clown

Plants

Sand

Silt

Fish

Clay

Circle the word that doesn’t belong in each group.

Soils are Living

Healthy Soil = Healthy Earth = Healthy Kids

3 Reasons Healthy Soil is important to you:

1._____________________________________________________________

2._____________________________________________________________

3._____________________________________________________________

Soils Support Health

Environments

ere are many dierent environments all over the world.

Write the word that matches the environment picture.

Desert Forest Tropical Island Wetlands Polar

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _

_ _ _ _ _ _

Soils Protect the Natural Environment

ings that come from the soil.

Things that come from Soil

2 3

4 5

6 7

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ACROSS

What you play with at the beach

Ketchup is made from

Wood from trees is used to make

this

Wood comes from this

Plants are grown in this

What houses are made of

DOWN

Type of fruit used in jelly

A cup is made from this type of soil

What soil captures from rain

What your clothes are made out of

Leather comes form cows to make

this

WORD BANK:

Ball, bat, clay, cotton, grapes, sand, soil, tomato, tree,

water, wood.

ACROSS

5 What you play with at the beach

6 Ketchup is made from a ______

7 Wood from trees is used to make this

sports equipment

8 Wood comes from a ______

9 Plants are grown in______

10 What some houses are made of

DOWN

1 Type of fruit used to make jelly

2 A cup is made from this type of soil

3 What soil captures from rain

4 Your clothes are made from ______

7 Leather comes from cows to

make this round item ______

WORD BANK

Ball, bat, clay, cotton, grapes, sand, soil, tomato, tree, water, wood

Soils and the Products We Use

Soil and Climate

Help the boys and girls nd their way to the sunshine!

Soils and Climate

Soils and Art—We Love to Paint!

E V B W O L L E Y

T D H R R O L O C

I E N E U I J C K

H R U E O S L A C

W L G S E A H N A

B C W K Y R K V L

B R O W N G G A B

F E G N A R O S W

T X G P A I N T G

Find the words about soils and art. Look up, down, across, and diagonally.

BLACK

BLUE

BROWN

BRUSH

CANVAS

CLAY

COLOR

GREEN

ORANGE

PAINT

RED

SOIL

WHITE

YELLOW

Soils, Culture, and People

Draw why you soil.

Do You Heart Soil?–pg. 2

Soils Support Buildings–pg. 10

We Love to Paint!–page 24

E V B W O L L E Y

T D H R R O L O C

I E N E U I J C K

H R U E O S L A C

W L G S E A H N A

B C W K Y R K V L

B R O W N G G A B

F E G N A R O S W

T X G P A I N T G

What’s in Your City?–pg. 4

F P R O A D E S U O H

K D L O O H C S R K T

Z N D N D T W A R R E

C U S H Z F C A E G C

Y O N O T M P E R G I

L R M C I T Y A D A F

S G A P L L S N S R F

T Y H R O S P I U D O

O A Z G B S M A B E P

R L C X N I T R B N L

E P Y D D T L T T X P

We Love Clean Water–pg. 8

Let’s Play Maze–pg. 12

Things That Don’t Belong–pg. 14

Shoe

Clown

Car

Fish

Tropical Island

Desert

Wetlands

Polar

Forest

Environments–pg. 18

Things that come from Soil

Solution:

C R W

L C S A N D A

T O M A T O P B A T

Y T R E E A E

T S O I L R

W O O D L

Things that come from soil–pg. 20

Soil and Climate–pg. 22

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2015 ©

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I Heart Soil.org

Have you ever tried to dig a hole? If so, you were digging in something

amazing – Soil! Soil is very important to us! Why? Our food comes

from plants grown in soil, our clothes are made with bers from plants,

our water is cleaned by soil, we breathe oxygen that comes from

plants growing in soil, and almost everything we build is built on soil

and with parts of soil.

But, did you know, soil is not dirt! Dirt is what gets on our clothes or

under our ngernails and isn’t used. Soil has been formed over many

years and has layers, like a cake, made up of rock, minerals, soil, and

decomposing materials (like leaves).

It’s made up of sand, silt and clay and has many different colors,

depending on where you are in the world. Many critters live in the soil,

keeping it healthy and growing. And there are different soils all over

the world from farms to prairies, polar regions to tropical islands, and

wetlands to deserts and forests.

Soil is very important to all of us. We need healthy soil to live healthy

lives. So, be good to your soil!

I Heart SoilI Heart Soil

Coloring Book

and Activity