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Brainy Bill
is one of the black and white, 8.5" x 11" characters used in Lesson 1. Each of
the four characters are printed card stock and laminated for multiple handlings. Brainy Bill and his cohorts are the people who think they don't need soil, nor do they need to be concerned about it. Other items in the kit are shown below and many items are laminated for long-term usage. (Many items are clickable for enlarged viewing.) |
| These 9" x 7.25" plastic cases contain the three basic soils, sand, clay & loam, used in the program. Kit includes 1 each. |
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The kit video is 14 minutes
long and the Soilees; Gritty, Sticky and Smoothy, tell why soil is important,
explain what soil erosion is, and help the student understand what they (we) can do to
save our soil. 1 video per kit.
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| Two dozen laminated flash
cards with images of people, places and things who use soil are included. Flash cards measure 5" x 5". |
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Five lesson plans are included with the Project Soil© kit. The lesson plans include class and individual projects. Each Lesson Plan includes the following topics and associated instructions: Introduction, Objective, Materials, Method, Background Information, Procedures for Experiments, Extensions and Evaluations. |
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A two-ring flip chart is used in Lesson 4 and is used to teach methods for combating soil erosion. The laminated, hand drawn flip chart is twelve pages long in an 11" x 8.5" format. Each page is scripted for the teacher on the back. |
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Gritty is shown at left. Gritty is a sand-paper covered, 11" x 8.5" caricature of a soil type. Sticky and Smoothy are equally sized caricatures with surfaces representing their soil types. Other items included in kit are 13" tall, colored and laminated letters S-O-I-L for word association. |
| Several 8 x 10 full-color photos of the most common types of erosion; (l to r & top to bottom rows) rill, wind, sheet and gulley are included in the kit. | 
 
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