Last month, we hosted our First Annual Educators’ Aquaponics Workshop in conjunction with Redlands Community College. We are grateful for all the educators who attended as well as Redlands for hosting the event and Sooner State Wellness for making this class free for teachers. With this workshop, we equipped teachers with the curriculum they need to integrate aquaponics into STEM courses and to bring an experiential learning tool to their schools. You can learn more about our next classes and workshops on our News & Events page. Our next class, the Introduction to Aquaponics Certification Course, will be on Saturday, Oct. 13, at Eastern Oklahoma State College in Wilburton, Oklahoma.
Discussing aquaponics at the Farm to Market event with elementary students. Aquaponics is a natural fit for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) classrooms. Used by the Aztecs, Egyptians, and Chinese as a means to sustainably grow food for large populations, today’s aquaponics technology has made aquaponics accessible nearly all over the globe (and perhaps into outer space). Which makes it a promising instrument for the future of our agricultural system and feeding mankind. As the viability, demand, and importance of aquaponics is increasing, it makes sense that aquaponics is being explored in our kids’ classrooms. Before we talk about the role of aquaponics in classrooms
