Davis Middle School
Compton, CA
Jose Gonzalez, the Learning Specialist at Davis Middle School, contacted us in early 2024 looking for a system to place in his classroom. He wanted an aquaponic system that has a small footprint and can still grow an adequate amount of fish and plants. Their goals were less about food production and more about student engagement. He wanted a system where the students could engage with the organisms and also manage some of the daily operations.
Eventually, Jose landed on our Harmony Aquaponic System. With two grow beds and a 125 gallon fish tank, the Harmony checked all the boxes for his goals. And because it’s a turnkey system with a quick set up time, Jose’s students were able to assist in the installation of their new classroom aquaponics system.
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Student Engagement
The productivity of the Harmony system didn’t just end with fish and plants. The students participated in the Ciena World Challenge, a global design challenge that invites students to design solutions to the world’s problems.
The 6th grade students designed their aquaponics prototype based on their new Harmony Aquaponic System. They envisioned a mobile sustainable system that would grow food anywhere in the world. The 6th grade team took the dimensions of the Harmony system and shrunk them down to 1/25th scale using an app and then 3D printed the necessary parts for their mobile lab prototype.
They then took a 1/25th scale model of a diesel semi truck, did research on EV vehicles, and converted the truck into a prototype of an EV powered vehicle, in which they designed and 3D printed those parts. Their prototype culminated into a solar powered electrical semi truck that produced zero emissions and didn’t contribute to global warming.
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