Urban Gardening Vs Hydroponics
Students will be creating two different gardens. A hydroponics garden indoors and a raised bed garden outside. Students will be gathering data to help define the question: What is the biggest issue for the biosphere as humans consume limited resources. Students will test limited space and limited water in this experiment. They will do it indoors and outdoors to see if indoors or outdoors makes a difference in growth with those same factors.
Lesson Grade Level
8th GradeLesson Plan Link/URL
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/15SBJm-7rSXZOCEh2dPEJ9tE_4xxBq1Jg/edit?u…Subject Area
Science Physical Science Life Science L2: Organisms & Energy Engineering S2: Apply the Engineering Design Process S4: Apply Science to Engineering S7: Apply Project Management to Engineering Mathematics Statistics and Probability (SP) English Language Arts (ELA) WritingRelated Content
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