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A look at Ohio’s aquaculture industry

(from an Ohio Country Journal article by Brianna Gwirtz) Aquaculture is the production of aquatic organisms under controlled conditions throughout part or all their lifecycle. Its development can help meet future food needs and ease burdens on …
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Andrea Jacobsen

Environmental Sustainability/SOIL Lab Teacher at STEM Middle School at Baldwin Road
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Aquaculture

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How does aquaculture meet the global demand for protein? Students discover the science and challenges behind global fish farming by completing these three lessons.
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Aquaponics and rainbow babies: living, dying, learning

Terri Mountjoy is an Intervention Specialist at the Greene County Career Center. She decided to do the Here Fishy Fishy lesson with her students after attending the Ag Biotech Academy workshop. This curriculum allows students to take on multiple …
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Aquaponics update #1

We shared a while back about how two GrowNextGen teacher leaders were setting up aquaponics in their classroom. Fish eat soybean meal, and the Ohio Soybean Council generously provided funds for these endeavors. Carroll High School teacher Todd …
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Aquaponics update #2

Todd Tayloe of Carroll High School is raising plants and trout in an indoor growing system. He reports on the project: The new seeds arrived! We did some more planting. The fish are doing well. We have not lost any in weeks and they seem to finally …
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Aquaponics update #3: Farming fish

Todd Tayloe of Carroll High School is raising plants and trout in an indoor growing system. He reports: “It has been a year of ups and downs for sure. We first lost most of the fish and now the next batch of vegetables did not germinate. We planted …
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Classroom grant + student input = great new supplies!

Jennifer Foudray teaches biotechnology at Miami Valley Career Technology Center. She was one of three lucky classroom grant winners in the Educating with Excellence: Build GrowNextGen into your lesson planning webinar held in September. “The …
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Fish and lettuce: interesting partners

GNG teacher leader Todd Tayloe is working on another aquaponics project this school year! The set-up includes tilapia in a tank that provides water for growing plants. “We started planting seeds on August 17 and also began cycling the tank that …
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John Thomas

Biotechnology and Environmental Science instructor at Tolles Technical Center, Fairbanks Middle and High School
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The end of the aquaculture project….

Todd Tayloe of Carroll High School had grand plans for his classroom aquaculture project. He’d raise fish and plants, letting the fish waste fertilize the plants in a sustainable cycle. However, he faced some challenges as things went along, as …