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Learning about crop rotation is important because it is a fundamental practice in sustainable agriculture that enhances soil health and productivity. By alternating different types of crops in the same area across seasons, farmers can naturally replenish soil nutrients, reduce soil erosion, and disrupt pest and disease cycles without relying heavily on chemical fertilizers and pesticides. The practice of crop rotation not only improves crop yields but also promotes environmental conservation by maintaining ecological balance. Understanding crop rotation is essential for advancing sustainable farming methods, ensuring food security, and fostering long-term agricultural resilience. With this in mind, let’s engage with this excellent learning resource!

This crop rotation article provides the perfect grab and go, print and provide resource that can help your students learn all about crop rotation. For digital, you can provide a Google doc copy for ease of submission or a Microsoft word version as well. In this crop rotation article with questions to check comprehension and inspire scientific thinking.

For many educational standards, a base level of content knowledge is needed around the relevant topics, this crop rotation article covers that foundational knowledge for the NGSS: MS-LS2-5 | HS-ESS3-2.

THIS CROP ROTATION ARTICLE CAN BE USED SO MANY WAYS:

• Useful for substitute (sub) teaching
• To extend students
• To increase scientific literacy in your class
• A weekly reading task
• Great as a lesson filler when class goes too fast
• To inspire students on a particular topic
• Give a selection of these articles for students to choose from

WHAT’S INCLUDED IN THIS CROP ROTATION ARTICLE:

• 3 page Word doc teacher version with answers
• 2 page Word doc student version with room to fill in answers (text boxes)
• 3 page PDF teacher version with answers
• 2 page PDF student version without answers (but space left to do so)
• 3 page Google doc teacher version with answers
• 2 page Google doc student version with room to fill answers (text boxes)

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I am very proud of this series of science articles and they are rich with information and wonder at the majesty of science. Each science article includes a fun fact(s) to add to the knowledge gained from this article. Formatted in an easy to read and digest manner, each paragraph is numbered to help with referencing and each question answer has a paragraph reference number to point to the specific information (where applicable).