Shari Carswell APES Teacher Mayde Creek High School Houston, Texas I teach AP Environmental Science and Aquatic Science in Houston, Texas. I have integrated several agricultural project based lessons over my 6 years of teaching and successfully maintained classroom aquariums as part of my aquatics curriculum. So, combining my...
My Advanced Global Health students were challenged this year to develop a research question that would lead to" feeding and/or fueling" the world....
Before building my aquaponics system I honestly did not have much hope in aquaponics and did not think that this technique would be realistic and would work efficiently. After planning everything out, buying all the materials, and actually setting up my own system I realized...
I teach a full year aquaponics class and we have 6 aquaponics systems to grow salad greens, lettuce, kale, basil, other herbs, and many other crops. ...
So far, I have been able to grow lettuce. I am getting ready to begin a experiment comparing 2 different types of grow lights, halogens vs fluorescent. We will use a flowering plant (tomatoes) and lettuce. I received a STEM grant to purchase probeware that...
Our aquaponics system is up and running at PBGHS!!! We were VERY successful in getting many donations, which made the system very affordable. The students are excited about the system and have been actively involved in preparing the system for plants and finally the fish....
So far, I'm super excited about the aquaponics project and Project Feed 1010. The plans are practically laid out for me, and with a bit of motivation, the rest is falling into place. I went through DonorsChoose for funding, and was fully funded within a...