Jr. Aquaponic/Hydroponic Gardener Field Trip
Students will get to be aquaponic and hydroponic farmers for the day! Students will explore the life-cycle of lettuce from seed to maturity through planting seeds, transplanting seedlings into both aquaponic and hydroponic systems & 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 and hydroponics will be taught through a fun games. Water will be collected and sampled for nutrients and pH. Finally, students will be invited to sample the plants grown in our aquaculture gardens in a garden salad at our Farm to Table 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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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
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
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
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
Check out our other educational field trips:
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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