Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Oct 5th- 201/301 Aquaponics/Project Planning




Aquaponics team worked on system. Measured flow rate using gallon jugs-- tank 1 about 1.8 GPM, tank 2 about 2 GPM.

Main Tank contains 49" x 41" x8" of water= 9.27 cu ft= 69.5 gallons,
so water is changed every 18 minutes, or about 3 times per hour.




Team worked on cardboard prototyping of new aquaponics system:




With 301 Majors-

Discussed updates to website-- revised team

Discussed soap-making project--possible self-contained bag-within-a bag system to contain NaOH.

NaOH takes about 24 hours to fully react.

Dr. Bronner's soap. Fair Trade Soap

Aquaponics system- discussed tabletop version incorporating kinetic sculpture.

Looked at Back to the Roots system from Petco



StemGarden- https://youtu.be/d6Mhcfbb7mA

Pugh Charts--Decision Matrix

Juran- House of Quality



Gantt Chart-Project Planning- Use SmartSheets  template.



Plan Business Cards- see VistaPrint  $9.99 for 500.

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