by Joseph R.

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March 17, 2007 06:54 PM EDT (Updated: March 05, 2008 02:47 AM EST)

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1st place overall and 7th grade. The winning science fair project of my two proteges. They designed, constructed, and operated this homemade ebb and flow hydroponic system from scratch. The title was "Homemade is Bestmade". They wanted to make a hydroponic system at a fraction of the cost of a commercial unit. Theirs was $80 and a comperable commercial system was $350. Im so proud.

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Trine Meyer Vogsland Mar 17, 2007, 7:07pm EDT

I can understand that. Very clever of them. Congrats from me

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Ron B. Mar 17, 2007, 7:13pm EDT

Too neat. Smart kids.

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Angela <:3---}~~~~ M. Mar 17, 2007, 7:24pm EDT

thats cool now are the going to be your gardners this summer hydro tomations sound good. have them grow all the fixins for a salad yum. very smart kids!!

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Laurun M. Mar 17, 2007, 7:41pm EDT

Congratulations to them. I see some basil, and it looks like rosemary. Good head start on the spring sprouts.

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Gerald_Waving my Freak-flag High Brewster Mar 17, 2007, 7:47pm EDT

It works, huh?

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Joseph R. Mar 17, 2007, 8:16pm EDT

Good eye. thats lettuce in the back with young basil and rosemary cuttings in the front. Sure it works, a pump is set with a timer to flood the tray every 4 hours. After it floods, the nutrient solution drains back into the resevoir underneath.

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Jessica B. Mar 17, 2007, 8:59pm EDT

Wow, that's wonderful!

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Alicia Storey Mar 18, 2007, 8:44am EDT

Wow Good job

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Mary C Legg Mar 18, 2007, 12:34pm EDT

wow that is very impressive-- have you looked into the competitions and science projects tht are sponsored by NASA-- some of them have incredible prizes and seem to be very challenging.

you could also organize a moonbuggy team and build an annual moonbuggy for the races in spring--

you have to go to nasa.gov and then look for students or teachers

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Jimmy _ Mar 18, 2007, 12:49pm EDT

Very clever kids!

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Larry M. Mar 21, 2007, 8:38pm EDT

GREAT! Thanks for posting.

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Marco P. Apr 14, 2007, 10:29am EDT

Great recycling process, keep it up

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