Aquaponics

Explore another aquaponic farm, and learn about a group of students who designed and run an aquaponic farm at school.

 

Wow, you have learned so much about aquaponics. Can you believe that students actually created an aquaponic garden at school?

Here are some questions to think about:

• What factors would need to be considered in creating the design of an aquaponic system? (school or neighborhood size, types and amounts of foods needed, nutritional guidelines, space limitations, requirements for maintaining the system, day-to-day tasks, school holidays and vacation issues, etc.)
• What would be the benefits and challenges of using the system?
• What materials would be needed?

Now it’s your turn to design an aquaponic garden to help supply food for your school community. Create a step-by-step “How To” guide for building an aquaponic system. Use details from the video to support your design sequence.