Kaiolohiaʻs Infopic on What is Aquaponics
As you can see, a picture is worth a thousand words! An infopic that is! The students have restarted our classroom aquaponics system again. Check out Kaiolohiaʻs infopic above to review how an aquaponic system works…in a nutshell, it is INTERDEPENDENCE! The plants depend on the fish and the fish depend on the plants to sustain. We kōkua by feeding the fish, then eat both! Simple!
The background: last yearʻs FISH were studying sustainability and how the Hawaiians were experts at doing this. They took only what was needed and always took care of the land. At the same time, Austin, my son, was researching a Senior Legacy project for his Engineering & Design academy at our high school. He heard about what we were doing in class and the rest is history! He decided to design & build a system that would sustain itself and a legacy that would sustain too! The 5B aquaponic system was created!
The current FISH! are now swimming strong with it and have just replanted, cleaned out the tank, & are caring for the fish. See actual photos below!
Our new plantings are sprouting!
Sideview of our system
Aquaponics-High school to Elem! KSH Interdependence!