VIDEOS & media content
Videos
Between Earth & Sky - Climate Change on the Last Frontier, PBS & Texas Tech Public Media (David C. Weindorf)
SOIL 101 from Wisconsin NRCS, a suite of videos covering all aspects of introductory soil science (USDA-NRCS)
Saline and Sodic soils - the difference - NSW Soil Knowledge Network: “Soil salinity and soil sodicity are often confused. While they both involve sodium, they have very different effects. This video clearly demonstrates the difference between these two land management issues.”
A climate change solution that’s right under our feet, TED talk by Dr. Asmeret Asefaw Berhe
How soil unites us, TEDx talk by Dr. Nic Jelinski
Science of Agriculture, Short animations, interactives, and videos teach math & science concepts crucial to the study of agriculture. Learning Games Lab, New Mexico State University (submitted by Amy Muise)
Video on urban soil testing, K-State Research and Extension (submitted by DeAnn Presley)
The Habitable Planet: A Systems Approach to Environmental Science, “A video course for high school teachers and college-level instruction; 13 half-hour video programs, online text, professional development guide, and interactives.”
Learning Western Soils - New Mexico State University: “This series provides guidance on how to sample soil for analysis and includes visualizations related to soil properties and water infiltration. Concepts such as particle size, soil water-holding capacity, runoff, leaching, sodium adsorption ratio, sodic soils, and saturated paste are explored. Short video demonstrations assist with teaching or learning.”
"Living Soil" - a 60-minute documentary, captures the history – and significance – of the soil health movement. tells the story of farmers, scientists, and policymakers working to incorporate agricultural practices to benefit soil health. The Soil Health Institute has developed lesson plans for high school and college faculty use (submitted by Camille Hesterberg).
A variety of field-based soils videos with a focus on soil morphology (DeAnn Pressler, Kansas State University)
YouTube channel about soil, cover crops, agricultural research and more (Dr. Eric Brennan USDA-ARS)
Soil salinity and the saturated paste method (New Mexico State University, Robert Flynn, submitted by A.J. Brown)
Video series of soil science labs, how to describe soil profiles, and land management impacts on soil geared towards an *introductory* soil science course in wildland ecosystems - lab instructions posted here (Adrian Gallo)
Video walk through of: Soil pH & Liming from the Soils Laboratory Manual - Lab 13 (Colby Moorberg)
Video interview with Dutch dairy farmer about how he uses, and manages, plant-soil interactions in his farm (Franciska de Vries)
Video of Alfisol of the Jungle Mahal region of West Bengal, India (Dr. Gautam Kumar Das)
Profile investigation in a soil pit with focus on horizons, texture, structure (Ray Weil)
Profile investigation in a soil pit with focus on color and classification (Ray Weil)
Profile investigation in a soil pit with focus on O horizons and forest floor (Ray Weil)
Exploring a soil catena (sandy coastal plain Ultisols) with a bucket auger (part 1) (Ray Weil)
Exploring a soil catena (sandy coastal plain Ultisols) with a bucket auger (part 2) (Ray Weil)
Exploring a soil catena (sandy coastal plain Ultisols) with a bucket auger (part 3; comparison) (Ray Weil)
Field video of rotting log (Ray Weil)
Field video of legume roots (Ray Weil)
Soil Science Australia soil education and online resources (including videos and other content)
Urban Soils Institute - Art Extension Service (Margaret Boozer-Strother)
Interactives
The Virtual Museum of Minerals and Molecules, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Interactive Model of Leaf Decomposition animated lessons (by Michael Weintraub & Daryl Moorhead, submitted by Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi)
Virtual Microscope, “Our virtual microscope collections include a full range of rock types native to Earth and beyond.”
World Soil Museum, virtual tour and more, ISRIC World Soil Information
Dig It!, The Secrets of Soil, Smithsonian Soils Exhibit
Scoop on Soil, University of Illinois Extension
Soils Revealed Interactive Soil Organic Carbon Global Map, Nature Conservancy, Cornell University, ISRIC World Soil Information, Woodwell Climate Research Center
Photos
Soil Science on Flickr - amazing collection of soil profile, soil features, landscapes etc. (NC State Department of Crop and Soil Sciences)
Adventures in Soil Instagram (Lewis Fausak)
Google Photo Album of Soils (Jaclyn Fiola)
USDA-NRCS photo gallery (submitted by Colby Moorberg)
Soil Science Photo Gallery (Jorge Mataix-Solera)
More
Soil Science Podcasts on NPR - assorted topics (by many at NPR and beyond)
Soil Sense Podcast - North Dakota State University
Teaching Geoscience Online - Science Education Resource Center - Carleton College
Victorian Resources Online - SOIL, range of videos and information on C, N and P cycling; soil pH, acid sulfate soils, and so much more (State of Victoria/Agriculture Victoria, submitted by James O'Sullivan)
Museu de Solos do Rio Grande do Sul, O Museu de Solos do Rio Grande do Sul é o primeiro da América do Sul nesse segmento e foi inaugurado em 1973 (in Portugeuse, suggested by Ricardo Schenato).
Sustainable Land Management - Three Lesson Module: Students Using LandPKS to Share Data, Information, and Knowledge (Asombro Institute for Science Education)
SOILBOOK is a digital, constantly growing book of soils for all who are interested in soils and are interested in increasing the awareness for the variety but also for the endangered status of soils (TB Unterfrauner GmbH, Vienna, Austria).
European Soil Data Centre Atlases available for download from EU Joint Research Centre
Plant and Soil Science eLibrary from Department of Agronomy and Horticulture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with contributors from many different academic institutions (submitted by Leah Sandall)