White Oak Middle School

Science 7 Hydroponics
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Hydroponics System Design Plan 

MCPS’s Green Schools Program in conjunction with Food & Nutrition Services would like to produce locally grown produce for use in their cafeterias in an effort to decrease usage of natural resources, such as water and land in Montgomery County; Your RFP plan is to research, construct, and evaluate a hydroponics system that will allow you to grow basil plants without using soil in the classroom. RFP: Hydroponic System Design Plan     Hydroponics Student Folio      What is Hydroponics? Encyclopedia Britannica Hydroponics Simplified	TR Hydroponic Lettuce video
1. Types of Hydroponics System Designs   Epic Gardening Simply Hydoponics Bottle Wick System	2. Materials used for Hydroponics Systems   Home Hydroponics Growing Media   Home Hydroponics   Look up YOUR system
3. Benefits of Hydroponics Big Picture Full Bloom Hydroponics Hydroponics Simplified	4. Cost of Materials Cost List for Materials
5. What nutrients do plants need to grow?      What does each nutrient do for the plant? Seed Survivor Periodic Table of Plant Nutrition: clickable interface NC Agriculture: What plants need to grow	6.  How does a plant make it's own food?   Photosynthesis for Kids  Britannica Photosynthesis
7. Properties of water and the roles it plays       in the plant's production of food.    USGS Water Properties Home Science Water Properties Kid Cyber - Plants use Water	8. How do plants get the nutrients and water     they need?  Untamed Science - Transport  Thirsty Plants

Simple bottle wick system	Flood & Drain (Ebb & Flow) System
Drip System	Aeroponic System
Nutrient Film System	Deep Water Culture System