Abbie Tillman's biology class at Eisenhower High School is where the green things grow. Tillman received a Lawton Public School Foundation grant this year for a hydroponics system and she and her students have been busy planting — and harvesting — all sorts of edible plants. Tillman said she wanted the system because the class covers a lot of material involving plants and parts of plants.
"I wanted something in class for the kids without a ton of planters," Tillman said. "I wanted something the kids can grow, watch and participate in."
Tillman received the system in January and students chose which plants they wanted, including different kinds of lettuce, cabbage, sugar snap peas, cilantro, strawberries, bell peppers and chives.
"They picked out a lot of lettuce. I'm not sure why," Tillman said. "It has the added bonus of if they want to take something home, they can. All the plants are edible."
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