US (ME): Greenhouse mixes math and science
The hoop house, characterized by its length, rounded structural shape and polyethylene material, has two rows of beds lining the interior walls.
Approximately $3,500 was donated by Sandy and David Perloff of the Perloff Family Foundation to fund the construction of the greenhouse. “Without that money, we wouldn’t have been able to build it,” Carp said.
The honors engineering class was the brainchild of Carp, who is also the STEM coordinator for the high school, and high school math teacher Aaron Germana. “He was starting his robotics program and we decided this would be an interesting addition for students to integrate math and science in developing a project,” Carp said.
If the weather is warm enough, most class periods are in the greenhouse. Now that the weather is warming consistently, plant growth is detectable.
This particular greenhouse is experimental, said Carp, meaning the focus is more on discerning what growing processes are most efficient rather than what crop the students are yielding.
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