Gardening

Gardening to a STEAM culture.

http://www.tetra-fish.com/Products/tetra-aquarium-parts/repair-kit-tetratec-ap30-whisper-100-200.aspx

Garden Engineering Projects [|Gravity-Fed Water System for Developing Communities] [|Rain Garden Construction] https://www.teachengineering.org/view_activity.php?url=collection/usf_/activities/usf_stormwater/usf_stormwater_lesson02_activity4.xml [|Radiator Leak Detection Dye in Carnations] https://www.teachengineering.org/view_activity.php?url=collection/cub_/activities/cub_cells/cub_cells_lesson03_activity1.xml [|Photosynthesis Measured in Elodea by Counting Bubbles] https://www.teachengineering.org/view_activity.php?url=collection/duk_/activities/duk_photo_mary_act/duk_photo_mary_act.xml [|Measuring Transpiration] http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/practical-biology/estimating-rate-transpiration-plant-cutting [|Acid Rain Effects] https://www.teachengineering.org/view_activity.php?url=collection/cub_/activities/cub_air/cub_air_lesson06_activity2.xml [|Transpiration Effects Observed] https://www.teachengineering.org/view_activity.php?url=collection/cub_/activities/cub_bio/cub_bio_lesson04_activity1.xml [|Evaluate the ways land is used in our community] https://www.teachengineering.org/view_lesson.php?url=collection/cub_/lessons/cub_environ/cub_environ_lesson08.xml Green House Models https://www.teachengineering.org/view_activity.php?url=collection/cub_/activities/cub_housing/cub_housing_lesson03_activity2.xml Light Plants and Dark Plants, Wet Plants and Dry Ones https://www.teachengineering.org/view_activity.php?url=collection/duk_/activities/duk_sunflower_mary_act/duk_sunflower_mary_act.xml Reading About Engineering Spaces with Plants https://www.teachengineering.org/view_lesson.php?url=collection/cub_/lessons/cub_bio/cub_bio_lesson04.xml [|Above-Ground Storage Tank Design Project] [|Composting – Nature's Disappearing Act]

Gardening Computer Controlled

Garden Issues Design a solar heated Cistern to hold water and collect heat. (Design a "water panel" and shallow water basin to collect and apply heat to plants in winter.) [|Solar Water Heater] http://www.hycrete.com/files/documentation/datasheets/Hycrete-Datasheet-X1002.pdf http://www.homedepot.com/p/Quikrete-1-Qt-Acrylic-Fortifier-861014/100318463

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/sustainable-farm-stem-humanities-authenticity-heather-calabro-gregg-kaneko?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog-sustainable-farm-stem-humantities-link

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/how-to-grow-engaging-environment-suzie-boss

Basil

http://eartheasy.com/blog/2011/01/top-6-most-cost-effective-vegetables-to-grow/

http://www.cheapvegetablegardener.com/most-profitable-plants-in-your/

Water Conservation Farming

Farm Cactus Bugs http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/science/mexican-farmers-find-an-unlikely-source-of-profit-in-the-cochineal-bug/vi-BB764cv

Chia

Soil http://www.organicgardening.com/learn-and-grow/garden-s-homegrown-ally http://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/creating-your-own-mycorrhiza-zbcz1403.aspx

http://www.youngfarmers.org/sustaining-farming-in-the-arid-west-stories-of-young-farmers-water-and-resilience/

Compost http://lifescitpjhs.wikispaces.com/Algae+Compost

Ponds / Fish Farming Structures DIY http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2009-10/1000-shotcrete-setup http://www.instructables.com/id/Building-a-Dome-out-of-Paper-and-steeland-ceme/

Conserving Water http://www.instructables.com/id/Wicking-Bed/ http://lifescitpjhs.wikispaces.com/Water+Conservation+Farming http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Build-a-6000-gallon-Water-Tank/

Keeping plants warm http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-build-a-Rocket-Mass-Heater/

Garden Pools http://gardenpool.org/ http://gardenpool.org/diy-projects http://www.meetup.com/GardenPool-org/ http://www.inquisitr.com/1694031/garden-pool-how-an-old-swimming-pool-feeds-a-family-and-changing-food-production-science-video/

Garden Problems http://ready4itall.org/dont-give-up-on-gardening-4-common-culprits-for-gardening-failures/

Hay-Bale Gardening http://www.newsprepper.com/hay-bale-gardening-effortless-food-production-with-no-weeds-no-fertilizer-less-watering-video/#.VrOOwtBxL5d