It provides an opportunity to learn how to isolate a variable, to ask one question at a time, and to use a control to test new methods. The program of study in science should connect to other school subjects. The hydroponics curriculum includes within the units many connections to other school subjects. It virtually weaves a fabric for integrated study. The unit introducing Van Gogh and drawing plants is a natural link to art.
Social studies come alive with questions about other cultures and their food production.
The science program should be coordinated with the mathematical program to enhance student use and understanding of mathematics in the study of science and to improve student understanding of mathematics. Several of the units utilize math in the assessment of data. For example, graphing is explored with students drawing plants at successive stages of growth and examine change in terms of a grid. The technical quality of the data collected is well matched to the decisions and actions taken on the basis of their interpretation. The feature that is claimed to be measured is actually measured.