Educational Materials

Our Educational Materials page is here to help you with additional activities lesson plans, journals, reference materials and more. Our Goal is to ensure you have a spot to find key STEM Education ideas, tips for gardening and links to additional education sites focused on hydroponics.

FC26I Activity Sheets

• FC26I Activity Sheet- Identifying Seeds

• FC26I Activity Sheet- Daily Log

• FC26I Activity Sheet- Fruit or Vegetable?

• FC26I- Activity Sheet- Plan your Garden

• FC26I- Activity Sheet - Plant Detectives

• FC26I Activity Sheet- Hydroponics in Korean

Rootprint NY, LLC What’s the Story?

• Hydroponics Can Change Lives

• FullCircle26, Inc Makes Food Deserts Bloom

• Seed to Table - Hydroponics Explorer Club

Growing Partner Publications and External Sources

Helpful Tips

• Identifying garden weeds

• Plants that help combat allergies

• Using Plants as Natural Fly Repellant

• Plants that help save our pollinators!

• Plants that keep various bugs away

• Parts of the Plant

• Earth Day and Hydroponics

• 10 Hacks for Homemade Fertilizer for Plants

GIRL SCOUTS:

Introducing badges using Hydroponics

National Proficiency Badges (for STEM Education)

External Source Activity Sheets

• Growing Oysters Mushrooms on Toilet Paper

• Sprout your own Sprout Activity Sheet

• Can plants grow without soil?

• Backyard Composting - It's only natural!

• DIY Jar Kit - Soil vs Hydroponics Activity

• Insect Collection Documentation

• Eat More Color Infographic

• My American Farm (suggested by American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture) My American Farm is an educational game platform used to engage pre-K through fifth grade learners.

Growing Gears

Advanced Hydroponics for STEM Education By: Amber Bosket

This interactive, digital book teaches advanced hydroponics through STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) subjects such as plant biology, chemistry, and physics. Designed for use with OPCOM Farm hydroponic systems, this STEM resource introduces readers to the science behind hydroponic technologies to provide workforce skills needed for future high-tech jobs.