ONLINE INTERACTIVE: STEAM SOIL PROJECTS

Online Interactive Soil STEAM Projects

Design rain-resilient landscapes, explore NOAA tools, and share classroom results to build a community dataset on soil absorption.

Soil • Water • Erosion Data & Measurement Engineering Design Ages 2–4 • 5–8 • 9+

Submit Class Data (Google Form) NOAA Tools Live Results Eco-Restoration Hub Junior Naturalist Hub

Note: The data submission form opens in a new tab because it allows optional photo uploads.

Interactive Challenge: Design a Rain-Resilient Yard

Drag elements, map water flow, and refine your design to reduce runoff and erosion — then connect your plan back to soil infiltration.

Teacher tip: If students need their own copy, open the Slides link and choose File → Make a copy.

NOAA Soil & Rainfall Tools

• NOAA Atlas 14 PFDS: Find design-storm rainfall amounts for your area.
• NOAA Climate Data Online: Explore historical precipitation data.
• NWS Past Precipitation Map: Visualize recent rainfall patterns.

Open Atlas 14 PFDS Open Climate Data Open Past Precip Map

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Live Data Results

This chart updates automatically as new submissions come in (privacy-safe: no emails displayed).

Want your class included? Use the “Submit Class Data” button at the top of this page.

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