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Science Buddies: Dust Busters: How No Plow Farmers Try to Save Our Soil

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In this environmental science fair project, students will build models of fields prepared by plow-based and no-till methods, and see which ones are best at retaining soil moisture and preventing surface runoff.

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Concepts
crop rotation, water erosion, wind erosion
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Additional Tags
deep plowing, environmental science fair project, no-till farming, plow, surface runoff, dust bowl, science buddies, erosion of farm land
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
NGSS
3-ESS3-1