Whether you’re laying the foundation for future agricultural or culinary careers, or helping students learn the basics of pH, hydroponics educational systems offer immediate hands-on learning opportunities. So, what are the best ways to get your students involved? And what if you make a mistake — how do you turn those moments into learning opportunities?
We posed these questions and more to Realityworks Education Programs Manager Jamey McIntosh, a former educator who has spent years talking to teachers about student engagement and skill development. He shared a few of his favorite ways to teach with hydroponics growing systems.
How can teachers get their students involved with their hydroponics systems?
We created a Daily/Weekly Hydroponics Educational Systems Chart to assist in tracking nutrients and other updates, and monitoring plant growth. It’s a great jumping-off point for your own student involvement! Click here to download your own copy.
How can teachers turn mistakes or unexpected issues into learning opportunities?
How can teachers incorporate Realityworks’ hydroponics lesson plans and activities into their curriculum?
Learn more about the curriculum that accompanies our hydroponics educational systems by downloading this sample lesson.
More resources
Looking for more information on hydroponics growing systems? We suggest reading these previous posts to follow the journey of Realityworks marketers Emily and Allen, who are using two of our systems to grow vegetables and herbs hydroponically for the first time.
You can also:
- Download our Educational Hydroponics Systems Overview to get a better understanding of how hydroponics works and what makes the systems Emily and Allen are using so unique
- Reserve your spot for our December 8th webinar, “Grow Learning with Hydroponics Educational Systems,” to get tips, tricks and free resources for using hydroponics in your classroom
- Follow Realityworks on your favorite social media platforms (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest and YouTube). Use the hashtags #Realityworks #CTELife #GrowWithUs and share your own hydroponics for beginners story!
