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Educational Applications
 Aquaponics and hydroponics are both excellent means of demonstrating many
principles of
science, agriculture, math and business in all grade levels and
for home schooling. Applications
of these technologies are only limited by ones imagination. A unit
in hydroponics or aquaponics enforces practical uses of chemistry, mathematics,
physics, economics and engineering. The monitoring and care of a hydroponic or
aquaponic system by students helps instill a sense of responsibility, inspires
creativity and creates excitement in the learning environment.
A small hydroponic garden can sit on a
counter top and be used to demonstrate botany, horticulture, hydroponics (soil less
plant culture), plant science, nutrition, physiology and care, nutrient
and pH testing, pH relationships, plant usage of nutrients, seed
germination, photosynthesis and light and plant development.
An aquaponic system combines hydroponics
with aquaculture in a recirculating system. In addition to the plant
sciences, aquaponics incorporates and demonstrates many of natures natural
cycles, nitrification, biology, fish anatomy and nutrition and high-tech
agriculture.
A unit in hydroponics or aquaponics can be
started at the beginning of a semester and run through the entire
semester, allowing the educator to present the individual concepts and
lessons as the plants and fish develop and grow. A small hydroponic
or aquaponic system can sit on a spare counter top. Larger systems
can be placed on the floor of a classroom, in a windowsill or a
greenhouse.
Educators:
Whether you are an educator in a school or home-school, our
Hydroponics
Curriculum Package and Aquaponics Curriculum
offer extensive lessons, each with quizzes and guidelines for the
instructor, and instructions on how to build or acquire hydroponic or
aquaponics growing systems. The
Aquaponics Journal
is a bimonthly magazine that covers educational, commercial, research and
hobby applications of aquaponics. The
Introduction to Aquaponics
Video is an excellent tool for teaching the concepts of methods used
in aquaponics. Hydroponic
Farming Video covers concepts of hydroponic farming.
Students:
If you want to setup an aquaponic system for a science project, we've
written a booklet just for you, Desktop Aquaponics.
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