Ugra schoolchildren are taught to grow thyme and basil indoors without soil and sunlight, and also to test water for toxicity with the help of watercress seeds. A regional “Intensive 2:0” has started in Surgut – this is an educational course in which students of grades 8-10 go through the program of the 2nd or even 4th courses of the institute. This time, 24 schoolchildren from five cities of Ugra will receive knowledge in the field of agro- and biotechnologies.
They won’t let you, speaking in youth slang, roll cotton wool. Under the guidance of researchers from Surgut State University, schoolchildren from all over Ugra are transplanting germinated seeds into pots. It is important to distribute them over mineral wool at different heights to see which will germinate better. This is how teenagers master agricultural technologies at Intensive 2.0. The educational program will help to reveal the talents of schoolchildren and tell them exactly what they want to do in the future.
Alice Tamatayeva, a schoolgirl, Megion: “Maybe someone would like to connect their life with this. There is a big problem with ecology in our city. A lot of exhaust gases. If we somehow connected these hydroponic installations and everything we study, then the ecology in our city might be a little better.”
Nikita Shavaliev, a schoolboy, Nizhnevartovsk: “I grow parsley, dill, basil at my own hydroponic plant in Nizhnevartovsk, which is in the school. I liked it very much that I decided to come here. I want to study more plants here, chemistry, in the future I plan to become a doctor and all this will help me.”
Zoya Samoylenko, Senior Researcher at SurSU: “New farm management techniques are emerging here. Here, in particular, they now had a programming lesson. The installation is controlled via a smartphone app and so they get acquainted with the schemes of this software control.”
Zoya Samoylenko, Senior Researcher at SurSU: “New farm management techniques are emerging here. Here, in particular, they now had a programming lesson. The installation is controlled via a smartphone app and so they get acquainted with the schemes of this software control.”
Zoya Samoylenko, Senior Researcher at SurSU: “New farm management techniques are emerging here. Here, in particular, they now had a programming lesson. The installation is controlled via a smartphone app and so they get acquainted with the schemes of this software control.”
In addition to knowledge about growing crops in a confined space, students will practice research on laboratory equipment that is only available at the university. The Intensive will be completed next week.
