"Grow and Create the World of Tomorrow with Sol Garden Creations & Aqua Creations!"

At our STEAM Bioengineering After School Program, we offer a unique agriculture and aquaponics curriculum! Our highly qualified staff will guide students through the process of understanding the science behind agriculture and aquaponics, while providing them with a hands-on experience. Our program includes a standards-based supplemental student material to support the students’ learning and growth in this area. Through our program, students will gain a better understanding of the importance of agriculture and aquaponics, and will be better prepared to tackle the challenges of tomorrow.

Currently Serving:

Ernest T Ford Recreational Center Community, Highland Park, MI

Glazer Elementary, Detroit, MI

Programs

Agriculture

Class breakdown (2 hour session)
Day 1

Students receive a do now to review learned skills during mini lesson (10 minutes)
Students continue with current skills or learn a new skill (20 minutes)
Students are then given directions on new task (10 minutes)
Teacher demonstrates and explains student expectations during task (15‐20 minutes)
Students begin task (30 minutes)
Students complete task and exit ticket and/or hard stop to be continued in next session (10 minutes)
Clean‐up (15 minutes)
Closure‐ discuss what was learned (5 minutes)

Day 2

Students receive a do now to review learned skills during mini lesson (10 minutes)
Students continue with current skills or learn a new skill (20 minutes)
Students complete previous day’s task (60 minutes)
Complete post survey (20 minutes)
Clean‐up (15 minutes)
Closure‐ discuss what was learned (5 minutes)

Students are then given directions on new task (10 minutes)
Teacher demonstrates and explains student expectations during task (15‐20 minutes)
Students begin task (30 minutes)
Students complete task and exit ticket and/or hard stop to be continued in next session (10 minutes)
Clean‐up (15 minutes)
Closure‐ discuss what was learned (5 minutes)

STEAM Bioengineering‐Agriculture: After school program grades 3‐8. Students will be given a pre‐test
to determine their knowledge of agriculture. They will complete a series of mini lessons before they
begin each activity in Science, Reading, and/or Mathematics that are related to the agricultural hands on activity. Upon completion of new learning the students will be given a post survey. All agricultural courses come with complete kits to begin the garden

Aquaponics

Class breakdown (2‐hour session)
Day 1

Students receive a do now to review learned skills during mini lesson (10 minutes)
Students continue with current skills or learn a new skill (20 minutes)
Students are then given directions on new task (10 minutes)
Teacher demonstrates and explain student expectations during task (15‐20 minutes)
Students begin task (30 minutes)
Students complete task and exit ticket and/or hard stop to be continued next session (10
Clean‐up (15 minutes)
Closure‐ discuss what was learned (5 minutes)

Day 2

Students receive a do now to review learned skills during mini lesson (10 minutes)
Students continue with current skills or learn a new skill (20 minutes)
Students complete previous day task (60 minutes)
Complete post survey (20 minutes)
Clean‐up (15 minutes)
Closure‐ discuss what was learned (5 minutes)
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Students are then given directions on new task (10 minutes)
Teacher demonstrates and explain student expectations during task (15‐20 minutes)
Students begin task (30 minutes)
Students complete task and exit ticket and/or hard stop to be continued next session (10 minutes)
Clean‐up (15 minutes)
Closure‐ discuss what was learned (5 minutes)

STEAM Bioengineering‐Aquaponics program for after school for grades 3‐8. Students will be given a
pre‐test to the determine their knowledge of aquaponics. They will complete a series of mini lessons before they begin each activity in Science, Reading, and/or Mathematics that are related to the
aquaponics hands‐on activity. Upon completion of new learning the students will be given a post survey. All aquaponics courses come with complete kits to begin.