Instructables: Arduino Soil Moisture Monitoring Stick - Never Forget to Water Your Plants
Instructables

Do you often forget to water your indoor plants? Or perhaps you give them too much attention and over water them?
If you do, then you should make yourself a battery-powered soil moisture monitoring stick

AirSpace: The Rover (Season 3|Ep.2)
Smithsonian Ntional Air and Space Museum

At least someone’s big summer trip isn’t cancelled—NASA is sending another rover to Mars!

California Academy of Sciences: Jungle Layers
California Academy of Sciences

What are the different layers in a rainforest? Students will learn about these layers and the plants and animals who inhabit them by singing a fun Jungle Layers song.

Young Scientist Lab: Slippery Soil
Young Scientist Lab

Students discuss deforestation’s impact on land, water, air, and other living things and design eco-friendly community models.

Gardens for Humanity: Start a Garden and Grow Your Own Food!
Gardens for Humanity

An overview of the why’s and how to’s of starting a garden.

Arizona Geological Survey: Problem Soils
The University of Arizona, Arizona Geological Survey

Damage to structures in Arizona is commonly related to soil characteristics – shrink/swell soils and collapsing soils. Shrink/swell soils cause more damage to homes than do floods, tornadoes, and hurricanes combined.

National Wildlife Federation: Soil Decomposers
National Wildlife Federation

Students will understand the food web of soil decomposers and impacts of the environment on soil decomposers.