Hydroponic Resources for Teachers
Philosophers and scientists throughout time have touched on the concept that every system, no matter how perfect it seems, has at least one inherent flaw. Then, when a new system of thought or novel machine is introduced, great minds begin to hypothesize how the seemingly perfect new model’s logical errors will reveal themselves. Despite the large kernel of truth to this reasoning, all of this entropic “order into chaos” discourse can get quickly become abstractly academic. We continue to create new models and thumb our nose at the ghost in the machine in the process.
One of the new agricultural models that can lay claim to approaching a perfect system is hydroponics--especially closed-loop, passive energy hydroponics. Although much research and development remains to be performed in this arena, hydroponics has already been integrated into several levels of society.
On top of the multitiered integration of hydroponics into society, educators have found that hydroponic culture serves as an ideal model for teaching various scholastic disciplines. Intrepid teachers have been exposing wide-eyed students to hydroponics for many years. It was only a matter of time before hydroponics caught on with a fury in classrooms across North America and the rest of the world.
Every other month, The Growing Edge sends free copies of the magazine to schools all across North America (Canadian and Mexican recipients just pay the cost of shipping and handling). If you’re interested in finding out more about how The Growing Edge is involved in education, send an e-mail to doug@growingedge.com.
