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US (WI): Hydroponic garden gives students STEAM experience

There's a push in Wisconsin for more robust STEAM — science, technology, engineering, art and math — education. At Pope Farm Elementary School, students are getting a unique, hands-on lesson in science thanks to a new hydroponic garden, which grows plants without soil.

Kindergarten through fourth-grade students are all pitching in to help grow lettuce, green onions, collard greens, basil and cilantro. Each grade level has a unique job. Fourth-grade students are in charge of helping test the water in the garden.

"You have to add the pH to check the water and then do the nutrition to let them grow," Carlos De Leon, a fourth grader, said. "Right now, they're doing pretty good."

What they grow is used in their cafeteria's salad bar. Because their plants are thriving, the school is looking into how to donate some of the surplus to local organizations. STEAM teacher Chrissy Davis said it's been awesome to see the excitement this garden has created for students.

Read more at Spectrum News

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