THE GREENHOUSE

MSC’s Greenhouse Project Science Laboratory was built in 2010. Students experience science through

interactive technologies such as hydroponic vegetable farming, solar panels, a rainwater catchment

system, a weather station, worm composting, and a kitchen corner. Students get hands-on experience

with hydroponic farming by becoming farmer scientists. Students will participate in the entire growth

cycle from seeding to harvesting and will help maintain the hydroponic systems by watering, cleaning,

and measuring nutrient and pH levels to ensure healthy growing plants.

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New York Sun Works is MSC’s partner in education and maintaining the greenhouse. The Greenhouse

Project Core Curriculum was developed by New York Sun Works in conjunction with MSC for use in the

greenhouse lab and is an integrated part of the school’s curricula. The Greenhouse Curriculum allows

students to meet the requirements of the NYC Scope and Sequence Standards while going beyond by

learning about today’s environmental concerns. Students develop an understanding of climate change,

population impact, water resources management, energy resources impact, contamination,

conservation, food production, health and nutrition.