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Webinar - Integrating Hydroponics into K 12 Classrooms: Growing 21st Century Skills

At NextWaveSTEM®, each course includes 15+, 1-hour lessons with equipment kits aligned or supported by standards from CSTA, Common Core, ISTE, P21, and relevant state standards from Illinois, Florida, Texas, New York, California and more all available in English and Spanish!

 
 

Hydroponics Standards-Aligned

Lessons & Kits for K-12

 

K-2

Budding Botanists: For Young Gardeners

Through hands-on engaging activities, students explore many aspects of plants, their needs, and various growing conditions.

  • Learn about plants through photographs, examples, and explanations

  • Observe and document their observations in their plant journals

  • Create a flipbook to display their understanding

Download a K-2 Hydroponics one-pager here

3-5

Hydroponics Systems: Gardening Without Soil

Exploring two different types of plant growth, hydroponics, and traditional gardening, students:

  • Learn about growth requirements and processes, seed germination and dispersal, photosynthesis, pH, food deserts, hydroponics in space, alternate plant systems, and more

  • Plant seeds in a classroom hydroponics garden and grow them into full-size plants

  • Design a future plant system to solve a problem in their community or in the world, then present it to their classmates

Download a 3-5 Hydroponics one-pager here

6-8

Grow, Learn, Thrive: For Curious Cultivators

Continuing the investigation of two distinct methods of plant cultivation, hydroponics and traditional gardening, students:

  • Gain knowledge on growth necessities and mechanisms

  • Sow seeds in a classroom hydroponics garden and nurture them to maturity

  • Devise a prospective plant system aimed at addressing a community or global issue, subsequently presenting it to their classmates.

Download a 6-8 Hydroponics one-pager here

9-12

Hydroponics: Agricultural Sciences

The final chapter: learn about and complete hands-on activities related to soil science, plant biology, irrigation, pest control, sustainability, Agroforestry, land management, and distribution.

  • Learn about sustainable farming practices and reducing environmental impact.

  • Efficient water use in agriculture, various irrigation techniques and the role of water management in sustainable farming.

  • Understand modern agricultural technologies and how to improve farming efficiency and effectiveness.

Download a 9-12 Hydroponics one-pager here