You shouldn’t need acres of land to learn how food grows or how living ecosystems work. ECO 180’s STEM Ag Kits connect classroom science with real-world agriculture through hands-on learning in classrooms, daycares, after-school programs, homeschool groups, community events, and farmers markets.
Aquaponics Kit
Explore how water, nutrients, plants, and fish interact in a recirculating ecosystem.
- Ecosystem dynamics: understand how living organisms depend on one another.
- Closed-loop science: learn how waste becomes plant nutrients.
- Water quality & care: observe water conditions and plant growth.
Living-fish activities use an appropriate supervised setup and a trained adult responsible for care.
Plant Propagation STEM Kit
Exploring Seeds, Cuttings & Plant Reproduction
- Seed vs. clone: compare sexual reproduction through seeds with asexual reproduction through cuttings or divisions.
- Plant anatomy & genetics: explore life cycles, root development, and growth.
- Hands-on propagation: practice techniques used by plant scientists and growers.
Learning for different ages
Activities are adapted for learners from 4K through high school. Younger learners observe and describe; older students measure, journal, analyze, and explain. Educators and our team coordinate the format and timing.
Bring learning to your community
- Educators, daycares & after-school programs: request kits for your students.
- Event organizers: invite ECO 180 to a community event or kit giveaway.
- Donors: sponsor a classroom or neighborhood pop-up.
- Volunteers: assemble kits, prepare materials, or help facilitate a workshop.
- In-kind supporters: contribute tools, seeds, and supplies.
Statewide expansion
Our expansion goal is 400 kits per program cycle: 100 each in the Upstate, Midlands, Lowcountry, and Pee Dee.
