Ag and industrial tech instructor Drew Zweig (left) and student Quinton Robbins study the baby trout in their earliest stage of growth after hatching from their eggs. Students at GJHS will raise the trout until they are sub-adults, and then they will release them somewhere locally.
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Baby trout called alevin swim around in their little tank at GJHS. They have little feedsacks on their bellies as a source of nutrition until they grow a little older to become fry.
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GJHS ag students are participating in a program called Trout in the Classroom through the Nebraska Game and Parks. Every January, the class will get a batch of trout eggs to raise before releasing them locally. The program allows students to learn about aquaculture, conservation, life cycles and other aspects of aquatic science.
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The Gering Junior High Ag class recently began their aquaponics project. The fish waste from the tropical fish in the tank is converted to the nitrogen cycle for healthy fertilizer for the plants on top of the tank. Then, once the plants begin to really take off, they will help filter the tank for the fish.
Ag and industrial tech instructor Drew Zweig (left) and student Quinton Robbins study the baby trout in their earliest stage of growth after hatching from their eggs. Students at GJHS will raise the trout until they are sub-adults, and then they will release them somewhere locally.
Baby trout called alevin swim around in their little tank at GJHS. They have little feedsacks on their bellies as a source of nutrition until they grow a little older to become fry.
GJHS ag students are participating in a program called Trout in the Classroom through the Nebraska Game and Parks. Every January, the class will get a batch of trout eggs to raise before releasing them locally. The program allows students to learn about aquaculture, conservation, life cycles and other aspects of aquatic science.
The Gering Junior High Ag class recently began their aquaponics project. The fish waste from the tropical fish in the tank is converted to the nitrogen cycle for healthy fertilizer for the plants on top of the tank. Then, once the plants begin to really take off, they will help filter the tank for the fish.
