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Inventory of data at ESDAC (last update: 10/12/2015) - Number of Datasets: 52

Find below the list of Educational Material currently available at the European Soil Data Center (ESDAC). Some of them are freely available for download while other are restricted due to copyright rules. This list provides the Dataset Title, a Short Description and Target Audience, Publisher. Each Title is linked to the full dataset description. This list represents the current state of affairs and is by no means final in length and contents. The list will be adapted as new data will be generated or current data will be updated. In case you pocess EDUCATIONAL Material related to SOIL Awareness, you are welcome to contact ec-esdac@ec.europa.eu.

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Looking at Soil Profiles

Soil is everywhere in fields, gardens, woods. Even in pots in houses for house plants. It is what plants need for growth, but what is it actually made of? Soil is a mixture of small rock particles weathered away from rocks, with rotted (composted) vegetation, known as humus.
Target Audience: General Public
Publisher: Science Project Ideas
Detailed Metadata
Description Soil is everywhere in fields, gardens, woods. Even in pots in houses for house plants. It is what plants need for growth, but what is it actually made of? Soil is a mixture of small rock particles weathered away from rocks, with rotted (composted) vegetation, known as humus.
Publisher Science Project Ideas
Responsible Jane Marshall
Target Audience General Public
Resource Date 01/Jan/2009
Resource Type Website
Language English
Coverage United Kingdom
Rights Accessibility No Rights Reserved
URL http://www.scienceprojectideas.co.uk/looking-soil-profiles.html
Contact Email janem@scienceprojectideas.co.uk

Plant and Soil Sciences eLibrary

On-line lessons developed the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to meet the needs of lower-level undergraduate students in earth and environmental sciences
Target Audience:
Publisher: Department of Agronomy and Horticulture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Detailed Metadata
Description On-line lessons developed the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to meet the needs of lower-level undergraduate students in earth and environmental sciences
Publisher Department of Agronomy and Horticulture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Responsible Dr. Namuth-Covert
Target Audience
Resource Date 01/Jan/2009
Resource Type Elibrary
Language English
Coverage World
Rights Accessibility All Rights Reserved
URL http://croptechnology.unl.edu/index.shtml
Contact Email dcovert2@unl.edu

Soil conservation in Europe

The state of the art of soil erosion research in Europe has recently been described in great detail in the book Soil Erosion in Europe . The present website is meant as an inventory and overview of the current state of soil conservátion in Europe. The intention is to make existing information on soil erosion control practices readily available to farmers, farmer's organisations, policy makers and other interested parties in Europe. The site is a collection of links to erosion control efforts in individual European countries that can be found on the Internet.The site only deals with soil erosion by rain, not by wind. It does not deal with other forms of soil degradation than erosion
Target Audience: Farmers, farmer's organisations, policy makers and other interested parties in Europe
Publisher: Frans Kwaad
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Description The state of the art of soil erosion research in Europe has recently been described in great detail in the book Soil Erosion in Europe . The present website is meant as an inventory and overview of the current state of soil conservátion in Europe. The intention is to make existing information on soil erosion control practices readily available to farmers, farmer's organisations, policy makers and other interested parties in Europe. The site is a collection of links to erosion control efforts in individual European countries that can be found on the Internet.The site only deals with soil erosion by rain, not by wind. It does not deal with other forms of soil degradation than erosion
Publisher Frans Kwaad
Responsible Frans J.P.M. Kwaad
Target Audience Farmers, farmer's organisations, policy makers and other interested parties in Europe
Resource Date 01/Jan/2006
Resource Type Web Site
Language English
Coverage Europe
Rights Accessibility No Rights Reserved
URL http://www.kwaad.net/SoilConservation.html
Contact Email frans.kwaad@tiscali.nl

"Dirt Doctor's" website

The Dirt Doctors: A series of exhibits aimed at raising general awareness of the importance of soils to society using novel techniques such as cartoon characters and humour to represent different soils. Comparing and contrasting human and soil health is an underlying theme through the exhibits.
Target Audience: General public, primarily but not exclusively children. We have received feedback in their use as potential educational aids.
Publisher: Macaulay Land Use Research Institute
Detailed Metadata
Description The Dirt Doctors: A series of exhibits aimed at raising general awareness of the importance of soils to society using novel techniques such as cartoon characters and humour to represent different soils. Comparing and contrasting human and soil health is an underlying theme through the exhibits.
Publisher Macaulay Land Use Research Institute
Responsible Willie Towers , Lorna Dawson
Target Audience General public, primarily but not exclusively children. We have received feedback in their use as potential educational aids.
Resource Date 01/Jun/2007
Resource Type Web site and hard copy materials
Language English
Coverage Based on Scottish soils but the underpinning concept could be transferred anywhere
Rights Accessibility Unlimited, free access to material and for download.
URL http://www.macaulay.ac.uk/news/dirtdoctors/
Contact Email w.towers@macaulay.ac.uk; l.dawson@macaulay.ac.uk

Env-Edu.gr : Environmental Portal

Environmental Education for Primary Schools. (Perivantologiki Puli gia to Dimotiko Sxoleio)
Target Audience: Primary Schools
Publisher: University of Aegean
Detailed Metadata
Description Environmental Education for Primary Schools. (Perivantologiki Puli gia to Dimotiko Sxoleio)
Publisher University of Aegean
Responsible Gavrilakis Kostas
Target Audience Primary Schools
Resource Date 01/Jan/2009
Resource Type Web Site
Language Greek
Coverage Greece
Rights Accessibility No Rights Reserved
URL http://www.env-edu.gr/ViewUnit.aspx
Contact Email cgav@aegean.gr

U'LET - LET Group (Learning, Exercise and Test system)

On-line Learning, Exercise and Test system for Training in Virtual Environment. Presents integrated university classroom education and e-learning, to give relevant and precise information to everybody, the so called blended learning. Model based on results of Summer school "Environmental and Resource Management". Combination of classroom and video recorded lectures with links to literature, case studies and tests via web and student workshops combined with field trips. With authentic software solutions they provided many technical possibilities for integrating e-learning and classroom .
Target Audience: Teachers and Students (University)
Publisher: University of Ljubljana, Center for Soil and Environmental Science
Detailed Metadata
Description On-line Learning, Exercise and Test system for Training in Virtual Environment. Presents integrated university classroom education and e-learning, to give relevant and precise information to everybody, the so called blended learning. Model based on results of Summer school "Environmental and Resource Management". Combination of classroom and video recorded lectures with links to literature, case studies and tests via web and student workshops combined with field trips. With authentic software solutions they provided many technical possibilities for integrating e-learning and classroom .
Publisher University of Ljubljana, Center for Soil and Environmental Science
Responsible Franc Lobnik
Target Audience Teachers and Students (University)
Resource Date 01/Jan/2009
Resource Type E-Lerning Portal
Language Slovenian, English
Coverage Europe
Rights Accessibility General Part is available. Registration is needed for the Classrooms, Exercises and Training System
URL http://www.let-group.com/
Contact Email franc.lobnik@bf.uni-lj.si

INFOVEK Slovakia Project

The aim of the Infovek Project in English InfoAge Project is to prepare the young generation in Slovakia for life in the information society of 21st century in order to prove competent in the knowledge economy, to create the preconditions for our young generation to be competitive on the forming global labour market, especially in comparison with the young people of the same age from the European Union. School is the most important place where this transformation must take place. In order to be able to provide for this hard task, the school must change itself from a traditional school to a modern school of the third millennium through the information and communication technologies .
Target Audience: Primary and secondary schools
Publisher: Association of the project Infovek - Faculty of Mathematics Physics and Informatics of Commenius, University in Bratislava and Department of the project Infovek; Ústav informácií a prognóz skolstva, Slovak Ministry of Education
Detailed Metadata
Description The aim of the Infovek Project in English InfoAge Project is to prepare the young generation in Slovakia for life in the information society of 21st century in order to prove competent in the knowledge economy, to create the preconditions for our young generation to be competitive on the forming global labour market, especially in comparison with the young people of the same age from the European Union. School is the most important place where this transformation must take place. In order to be able to provide for this hard task, the school must change itself from a traditional school to a modern school of the third millennium through the information and communication technologies .
Publisher Association of the project Infovek - Faculty of Mathematics Physics and Informatics of Commenius, University in Bratislava and Department of the project Infovek; Ústav informácií a prognóz skolstva, Slovak Ministry of Education
Responsible
Target Audience Primary and secondary schools
Resource Date 31/Dec/2004
Resource Type Web Site
Language Slovakian, Some Contents in English
Coverage Slovakia, Europe
Rights Accessibility No Rights Reserved
URL http://www.infovek.sk/
Contact Email kancelaria@infovek.sk

FarmNet

Provides some information on environmental resources. TeachNet Ireland seeks to improve student learning by helping primary and post primary teachers to integrate web-based resources into their instructional practice. Through TeachNet, teachers have access to curriculum resources, curriculum and technical specialists, grants and a supportive network to further develop their skills.
Target Audience: Teachers and Students
Publisher: TeachNet Ireland
Detailed Metadata
Description Provides some information on environmental resources. TeachNet Ireland seeks to improve student learning by helping primary and post primary teachers to integrate web-based resources into their instructional practice. Through TeachNet, teachers have access to curriculum resources, curriculum and technical specialists, grants and a supportive network to further develop their skills.
Publisher TeachNet Ireland
Responsible Rachel Creamer
Target Audience Teachers and Students
Resource Date 01/Jan/2009
Resource Type Web Site
Language English
Coverage Europe
Rights Accessibility The material may be downloaded to file or printer for educational use only. Where this material is being issued to others, the source (including URL) and copyright status must be acknowledged
URL http://www.teachnet.ie/farmnet/teacher/soil.htm
Contact Email farmnetireland@gmail.com

Soil-Net.com

Soil-Net.com is a free and compelling environmental Internet resource for Key Stages 1-4 providing teachers and students extensive curriculum-based information about soil. As one of the three major natural resources, alongside air and water, soil is vital to the existence of life on earth. Soil-Net.com will help you discover what soil is, the teeming life in soil and about the many environmental threats facing soils. Remember, soil is all around us, just under our feet!
Target Audience: Primary and Secondary School
Publisher: Cranfield University's National Soil Resources Institute
Detailed Metadata
Description Soil-Net.com is a free and compelling environmental Internet resource for Key Stages 1-4 providing teachers and students extensive curriculum-based information about soil. As one of the three major natural resources, alongside air and water, soil is vital to the existence of life on earth. Soil-Net.com will help you discover what soil is, the teeming life in soil and about the many environmental threats facing soils. Remember, soil is all around us, just under our feet!
Publisher Cranfield University's National Soil Resources Institute
Responsible Dr Stephen Hallett
Target Audience Primary and Secondary School
Resource Date 01/Jan/2009
Resource Type Web Site
Language English
Coverage Europe
Rights Accessibility All materials presented are copyright © Cranfield University, 2009 unless otherwise stated. 'Soil-Net' is the UK registered trademark of the Soil-Net ® project.
URL http://www.soil-net.com/
Contact Email soil-net@cranfield.ac.uk