Virtual Field Trip: Aquaponics 101 with Mr. Jim Trogdon and Mr. Paul Brentlinger
Join EarthEcho International and 2017 EarthEcho Expeditions Fellow, Mr. Jim Trogdon, and Mr. Paul Brentlinger, CEO of CropKing Inc as we learn all about aquaponics.
The North Atlantic White Shark Puzzle - Live with OCEARCH
Join EarthEcho International as we talk about tagging technology and sharks with OCEARCH! Since 2012, OCEARCH has been on expeditions conducting research on apex predator sharks in the North Atlantic, to enable research that would help solve the puzzle of the life history of these keystone species.
Chasing Water: How NASA Monitors the Earth’s Changing Water Cycle Live Virtual Field Trip
Chasing Water: How NASA Monitors the Earth’s Changing Water Cycle Live Virtual Field Trip
Aquaponics 101
In this curricular guide, middle school students learn about an alternative farming technique that addresses water use in agricultural farming, the environmental impacts of fish farms, and urban development and population growth. This guide promotes 21st-century skills by engaging students in the history of aquaponics through various texts; improving their communication skills by explaining how an aquaponics system works; and engineering your own classroom aquaponics unit through an interactive design challenge!
Virtual Field Trip with the West Basin Municipal Water District
Join EarthEcho International on a virtual field trip to the West Basin Municipal Water District water recycling facility. Participants will receive an introduction to the agency’s water conservation and water recycling programs and delve deeper into the agency’s ocean water desalination research effort as a possible future drinking water supply.
Water by Design: Aquaponics 101
In Southern California, about 80% of the freshwater supply is used for farming. Philippe and Ashlan Cousteau meet with executive chef and farmer Adam Navidi from Future Foods Farms in Brea, CA. Chef Adam uses an innovative farming design called aquaponics to grow lettuce, vegetables, and even fish with less water than the average family uses at home on a daily basis.
Water by Design Desalination: From Saltwater to Freshwater
Water, water everywhere...could the ocean be a reasonable source of freshwater for our communities? Philippe Cousteau travels to the West Basin Municipal Water District’s Water Education Center in Redondo Beach, CA.. Here Darryl Ramos-Young explains the process of desalination and the results of a multi-year pilot study examining the benefits and challenges of turning saltwater into freshwater.
