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This Farming Method Grows Crops with Fish Poop
Provided by: NowThis Earth |Published on: April 27, 2021
Videos Grades 6-8, 9-12
Synopsis
- This video describes the use of fish waste to grow plants and the farm as the local community space.
- Students learn what aquaponics is, how it works, and its benefits.
Subjects: Biology
Authors: NowThis Earth
Region: Global
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- This video is brief, but provides a clear picture of aquaponics.
- The farmer speaking in the video is very passionate about what they do.
Prerequisites
- There may be an ad before the video.
- It may benefit students to have an understanding of traditional agriculture.
Differentiation & Implementation
- Science teachers can connect this topic to climate change by talking about the impacts of climate change on freshwater availability and how traditional agriculture impacts the climate.
- Teachers can use this video to explain nature’s cycle (nothing goes to waste in nature).
- Biology teachers can use this video in a biology class to introduce the topics of nutrient cycling, limiting nutrients, and eutrophication.
- Click here for a video on regenerative farming.
- Click here for a lesson plan on regenerative farming.
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