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LS 2 Lesson 1 - How Can I Plant Safely and Wisely

The document discusses the importance of maintaining a healthy schedule for both individuals and soil to ensure optimal growth and productivity. It emphasizes the practice of crop rotation to enhance soil health, provide nutrients, and manage pests effectively. By rotating different crops, farmers can improve soil fertility and prevent pest infestations, ultimately leading to better crop yields.

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LS 2 Lesson 1 - How Can I Plant Safely and Wisely

The document discusses the importance of maintaining a healthy schedule for both individuals and soil to ensure optimal growth and productivity. It emphasizes the practice of crop rotation to enhance soil health, provide nutrients, and manage pests effectively. By rotating different crops, farmers can improve soil fertility and prevent pest infestations, ultimately leading to better crop yields.

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LEARNING STRAND 2

SCIENTIFIC AND
CRITICAL THINKING
SKILLS
MODULE 4: HOW CAN
WE HELP LIFE ON LAND?
LESSON 1: HOW CAN I
PLANT SAFELY AND
WISELY?
1. Using the table below, write your
regular day-to-day schedule.
2. Make sure to include the time you wake
up, eat meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner),
go to work/school, go home, and sleep.
3. You can write other things too (e.g.
playing games, talking to friends, bonding
with family).
4. You can also write the same activity for
long hours (e.g. you go to school from
7:00 AM to 12:00 NN).
Your body requires you to eat healthy
foods so you will have the energy to do
tough tasks. You need to have enough
sleep at night so you will not feel tired and
sleepy during the day. You also need to talk
and play games with your friends to enrich
your physical, psychological, emotional
and spiritual health. All of these activities
are important because they help you do
better in life. Just like our body, the soil
needs to follow a “schedule” of activities to
make sure that it will grow healthier.
Crops are plants or plant products that are
grown and harvested for consumption and profit
(to make money). Examples are cereals (corn,
rice, and wheat), root crops (cassava and potato),
vegetables (cabbages and lettuces), and fruits
(bananas, oranges, and watermelons). You might
think that the more crops you plant on soil, the
more money you will get after selling them. But,
going back to the schedule you made, doing too
many things without rest will make yourself
unhealthy. The same idea can be applied to your
soil. Planting too many crops will make it too
exhausted.
Crop rotation means changing
the type of crop grown on a piece of
land from year to year. You can rotate
crops on land like a clock, called cyclic
rotation (in which the same sequence
of crops is repeated indefinitely on a
field), or choose what is best for your
business, called non-cyclical
rotation (in which the sequence of
crops varies irregularly).
Crop rotation is important in many
ways.
1. Microorganisms such as
bacteria and fungi help in making
soil healthier. Just like you,
microorganisms need food to
continue working. Crop rotation
provides food for microorganisms
in the form of organic matter.
2. Nitrogen is an important
nutrient in
soil. Soil can be called “fertile”
if it has high levels of nitrogen.
Fields have a value rating of high
(75 nitrogen units), medium (35
nitrogen units), and low (15
nitrogen units).
3. Pests can destroy crop health and
soil quality. Some crops get pests
faster than others. Pumpkins
(kalabasa) get pests after 2 years. If
you put cabbages (repolyo) after
harvesting pumpkins
during crop rotation, pests will not
stay in the same place because
cabbages take 7 years before pests
get in.

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