My students need items such as tanks, PVC tubing, air and water tubes, pumps, water quality tests, and growth media to build an aquaponic mini-farm.
$756 goal
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Celebrating 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.
Environmental science is a topic relevant to every student, and we have a focus on sustainability. In order to learn about climate change, human population growth, and agricultural practices, students need first hand experience with various food production methods. Science learning comes from DOING.
My students come from an area with a high level of poverty, and on average, a low level of education.
Our magnet program school was founded with the intention to raise the quality of education in the area. We strive to provide our students with the best in science and technology, with a focus on college preparation for medical and scientific careers. Students in AP Environmental Science and AP Biology are typically highly motivated students who love a challenge. My students are taught that there are many solutions to problems, not just one right answer. They work together in teams to develop their minds and critical thinking skills, not their level of information.
My Project
Students will use the aquaponics system to investigate how the nitrogen cycle works in living systems. They will collectively develop an experiment to observe how small changes can cause large effects in the overall productivity of the system. They will collaborate with students in schools across the country working on a similar system to add to the body of scientific knowledge in aquaponics and sustainable agriculture.
Human population growth and climate change will have a drastic effect on our ability to feed the people of our world.
Current practices in industrial agriculture are unsustainable and citizens often have no idea how their food is produced, nor what is in the food they eat. Aquaponics provide a method of local sustainable agriculture and fish farming that reduce energy consumption, water use, and land area required. Teaching students aquaponics provides a local solution to a global problem.
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