Extra Ideas
(printable version)

Extra Ideas can be used in many ways:

• As extra activities to consider for the entire class during a Mission;
• As homework or extra credit assignments for student groups or individuals;
• As a way to challenge the accelerated students in your class

If you have additional Taking Off Ideas, please send them to us at agronauts@ncsu.edu and we will add your idea to the appropriate Mission.

Mission 3

• Investigate vermicomposting and build a worm bin.

• Students can make compost tea and distribute to parent or community groups to use as a nutritious drink for plants.

• Investigate water gardens and the plants used in them. How are they different from other plants? Where do their nutrients come from?