Faculty Member: Dr. Stephanie Taylor
School of Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Students will investigate, plan out and build a hydroponics set up for home/classroom use. This will involve (1) choosing plants that can grow in such setups, figuring out how to germinate seeds or start with grown plants, (2) selecting the most economical nutrition/chemical balances, as well as testing and measuring procedures to check on the health of the plants, (3) determining materials and building supplies needed to create the set up itself and (4) building as well as tear down and storage. (On one hand it would be nice to build on the 3rd meeting so the students could see a few weeks of growth/development, but this will depend on how the first two sessions go.) We’ll also use Safety Data Sheets and have discussions about proper safety.