The Green Our Planet Utah hydroponics project is an innovative program that utilizes high-tech hydroponics to teach students and communities about our limited natural resources and how to conserve these resources using STEM. The project will use hydroponics systems for students and communities to explore engineering and technology, integrated with science. The program will inspire students to become the next generation of scientists, farmers, chefs and entrepreneurs.
Contact Allison Spencer at aspencer@utah.gov to donate toward this program.
Green Our Planet’s hydroponic gardens provide a natural laboratory for students to learn STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math), conservation, nutrition, financial literacy, and more in a hands-on, experiential way.
Schools in our hydroponics program receive everything they need to have a successful garden. We provide enough hydroponics systems for 20 classrooms, including a 4’x3’x4′ commercial unit that can grow more than 200 plants at a time.
Green Our Planet also supplies each school with all necessary materials: a seed germinator, nutrient fertilizers, pH and total dissolved solids (TDS) measurement tools and more.
Our small systems will fit in any classroom and take less than 30 minutes to set up. Our mobile commercial system can be rolled into classrooms or kept in a central location such as a cafeteria, science lab or multi-purpose room. Lettuce, chard, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and strawberries are among the many fruits and vegetables that flourish in our systems.
When volunteer opportunitites are available with the hydroponics program, they will be posted on this page.
| lreichert@utah.gov | |
| Lynn Reichert | |
| Community & Innovation Manager | |
| https://stem.utah.gov/hydroponics/ |
