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Science Buddies: Dust Busters: How No Plow Farmers Try to Save Our Soil ActivityScience Buddies: Dust Busters: How No Plow Farmers Try to Save Our Soil Activity
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Science Buddies
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3rd - 5th
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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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crop rotation, water erosion, wind erosion

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deep plowing, environmental science fair project, no-till farming, plow, surface runoff, dust bowl, science buddies, erosion of farm land

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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