Botany

**__Book__** Aquaponics Food Production-Rebbeca L. Nelson with contributions from John S.Pade **__Resources__** -Georgia Agricultural Education Department (GAE) -South Dakota State University -Department of Crop and Soil Sciences-Michigan State University -So, What is aquaponics? Nick Savidor-Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development -Optimization of a Backyard Aquaponics Food Production System-Keith Connolly & Tatjana Trebic: Faculty of Agricultural and Environmentla Sciences-Macdonald Campus,McGill University __**Class Description**__ This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the principles of greenhouses, aquaponics systems, and gardening skills. They will learn how to utilize their produce in a fun and nutritious way. Students will learn how environmental factors (i.e. substrates, fertilizers, water, light, etc.) are monitored and controlled in greenhouses. This course will give the student an understanding of the basic principles of aquaculture, including production systems, water quality, nutrition, spawning, larval culture and grow out, and culture methodologies of fish.They will also learn about plant hardiness and planting zones; about the most important date in a gardener's life: the date of the last spring frosts. Students will learn about plant propagation, the proper care of seedlings, and how to care for newly transplanted additions to their garden. They will even learn how to repel pests and attract butterflies and hummingbirds to their garden.Students will learn how to correctly use basic laboratory equipment with SAFETY being the number one priority. This basic botany class that includes gardening/greenhouse/aquaponics will give the novice gardener all the information necessary to begin the most popular U.S. hobby to date: gardening.
 * Botany **

**__Garden Weeds__** **Standard HS-LS2-3** __**Essential questions**__ What is the best way to pull weeds from a garden? How can we control weeds in a garden? What is the identity of common weeds? **__Skills__** -be able to maintain a garden free from weeds -identify garden weeds at both the adult and seedling stages -analyze garden weed problems and problem solve solutions __**Aquaponics**__ __**Salsa**__ http://www.recipetips.com/kitchen-tips/t--1501/how-to-make-homemade-canned-salsa.asp __**Test Material**__ __**Soil**__ __**Notes**__ __**Plant propagation**__ __**Plant propagation study guide**__ __**common houseplants with pictures**__ http://www.houseplant411.com/houseplant **__air layering video__** [|Air Layering Rhododendrons: How to Propagate those Hard to Root Varieties. - YouTube] __**Botany Basics**__ **__Adobe Reading Guide__** Word Reading Guide __**Guided Reading Questions**__ __**Tropism Information**__ __Martian Movie Guide__ gardening __**hand Pollination**__ Semester 1 Review