My kids have been hard at work researching how to build a self-sustaining garden on Mars! For their "Flipped HW" this week, they were tasked to interview a farmer or someone who was knowledgeable about soil and farming, and then report their findings to Edmodo. To help them out, I reached out to my cousin, Brent, to see if he could come visit with my students this week. He is a trained chef, a farmer, and a member of the Houston Rockets' Launch Crew! A jack of all trades! He helps to run Donna's Farm in Fannett, Texas with my aunt and uncle, Donna and Steve. He knows a thing or two about soil and farming!
The students, as well as myself, learned so much about farming and soil! The conversation about hydroponics and aquaponics was super interesting as well as the conversations about building and using greenhouses. My kids were like little sponges, and took wonderful notes on all that he had to share! I know that this experience will add so much to their PBL project, "Let's Take a Trip to Mars-Soil Investigation"! We have also set up a back channel on Today's Meet with a local farmer in our area at P-6 Farms here in Montgomery, Texas. We are looking forward to her answers!!
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