Resilient Communities: Types of Farming

Resilient Communities

Through this virtual lesson, you will learn about some of the many different types of agriculture practiced all around the world

7th Grade Sustainability

TYPES OF FARMING

Multiple Choice

The practice of growing plants in water (i.e. providing essential nutrients through water)

• hydroponics

• aquaponics

• aeroponics

• nutriponics

Multiple Choice

The practice of growing plants with roots suspended in air or a misty environment

• aeroponics

• hydroponics

• aquaponics

Multiple Choice

The practice of using water from fish farming to provide nutrients to plants

• hydroponics

• aquaponics

• aeroponics

• nutriponics

Multiple Choice

what is the primary waste product from fish in an aquaponics system?

• ammonium

• oxygen

• carbon dioxide

• nitrites

Match

Match the following

• Using fish to provide nutrients to plants

• Using nutrient-rich water to grow plants in

• Using nutrient-rich mist to grow plants in

aquaponics

hydroponics

aeroponics

• aquaponics

• hydroponics

• aeroponics

Open Ended

What are some of the benefits of aeroponics?

Open Ended

What are some of the benefits of hydroponics?

Open Ended

What are some of the benefits of aquaponics?

Poll

which agricultural system would you most like to design and implement at the school this quarter?

• aquaponics

• hydroponics

• aeroponics

Video Response

Which type of farming did you find most interesting, and why?

Open Video Recorder

Open Ended

What questions do you have?