Northeast Middle School/Spark-Y Shark Tank Event

Exciting things are going on with science and sustainability education at Northeast Middle School! On January 13, elected officials, including Council Member Reich and Mayor Hodges, and district leaders converged on the school to learn more about a student-proposed solution to the issue of food deserts in Minneapolis. Teams of students presented aquaponics plans, Shark Tank-style, for the panelists.

The event was spurred by the work Northeast Middle School science students are doing with Spark-Y, a local non-profit that employs interdisciplinary curriculum with hands-on agriculture education. In the First Ward, Spark-Y has been working with both Northeast Middle School and Edison High School students on aquaponics and other urban agriculture projects.