"Jr. Aquaponic Gardener"
Students will get to be aquaponic farmers for the day! Students will explore the life-cycle of lettuce from seed to maturity through planting seeds, transplanting seedlings into an aquaponic system & harvesting mature heads of lettuce, using food-safety techniques. They will explore the world of aquaculture by feeding fish and talking about fish health and behaviors. The biological concepts of aquaponics will be learned through a fun and exciting game of "Nitrogen-Fixation Tag" on our great lawn. Water will be collected and sampled for nutrients and pH. Finally, students will be invited to sample the plants grown in our aquaponic garden in a garden salad at our Garden Bistro.
Tour of our aquaponic garden and aquaculture facilities
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Hands-on planting & harvesting
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Interactive & Educational Field Trip
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K-8 Standards Adressed On Jr. Aquaponic Gardener Field Trip:
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Standards Alignments:
Hawaii Content and Performance Standards, Science SC.3.2.1 Describe ways technologies in fields such as agriculture, information, manufacturing, or communication have influenced society SC.3.3.1 Describe how plants depend on animals SC.4.3.1 Explain how simple food chains and food webs can be traced back to plants SC.4.5.2 Describe the roles of various organisms in the same environment SC.4.5.3 Describe how different organisms need specific environmental conditions to survive SC.5.3.2 Describe the interdependent relationships among producers, consumers, and decomposers in an ecosystem in terms of the cycles of matter SC.6.2.1 Explain how technology has an impact on society and science SC.7.3.2 Explain the interaction and dependence of organisms on one another |
Next Generation Science Standards
3. Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems: Environmental Impacts of Organisms 5. Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems MS. Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems MS. Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystem |
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Garden Chefs Field Trip
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Entrepreneurship in the Garden Field Trip
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Hawaiian Canoe Plant Field Trip
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