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Ms. Miesner from Austin TX is requesting other through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Farm to Table ... A Fishy Fable

My students need two Aqua Farm self-cleaning, food-growing fish tanks to explore aquaponics and investigate the nitrogen cycle.

  • $179 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

Did you know we eat poop? My students think all food comes from bags or bins, but everything starts in the ground and ends up there again. The cycle from farm to table to toilet and back to farm is essential for ecological balance yet often opaque.

My 126 8th grade young women love investigating the world around them and making it a better place.

Last year in 7th grade they helped design a small school garden for our campus. This year I would like them to see beyond the garden to the next steps - human nutrition and soil enrichment.

My Project

My students will examine the Aqua Farm tanks as examples of self-contained nitrogen regulating ecosystems. The creators of Aqua Farm explain their product using a story of "Tank" and "Betta" who partner to grow food. The students will then use the Aqua Farms tank and story as models to create their own nitrogen cycle system for "Farm to Table" agriculture and explain the connection between plants, animals, soil, and nutrients by writing stories about the cycle and the components involved.

Not only will my students be able to eat and use the plants grown by the Aqua Farms and the new systems they designed, but students will also teach others about the importance of nitrogen regulation and ecosystem cycles.

The Aqua Farm will just be the start of a school wide, community wide campaign for preserving the delicate balance between plants, animals, and poop.

Ms. Miesner
Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Aqua Farm • Back to the Roots $59.99 2 $119.98

Materials cost

$119.98

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.80

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$151.78

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$26.78

Total project goal

$178.56

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $178.56

4 Donors

-$178.56

Donations toward project cost

-$151.78

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.78

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