by Kyle Kazimour | May 3, 2019 | Project Spotlight
“Hydroponics is essentially water farming. It’s a way of growing pretty much anything without soil, instead using water as your medium. The container is pretty educational in its purpose. Hydroponics is a fairly new agricultural development, so there’s a lot of knowledge to be gained from purely experimenting with the system. I’m not for sure exactly what I want to do after high school, but because of this project I’m definitely exploring horticulture. I want to do something that uses plants to do something to benefit our community, and I think urban agriculture is the gateway to get there.”
by Kyle Kazimour | Apr 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
SAFEli is a team at Iowa BIG that has been working with Dr. Trent Grundmeyer for the past three years. The project was inspired by Trent’s nephew, Eli, who passed away in a backyard pool drowning accident. The team has developed a pool alarm system nothing like what...
by Kyle Kazimour | Jan 17, 2019 | I Am Iowa BIG Month 2019, Student Stories
Meet Anyssa Ball. Anyssa is in her third year at BIG, and comes from Kennedy High School. Through out her time at BIG, Anyssa has worked on a wide array of projects. She’s worked on a crowd sourced art magazine, an app to help connect people during disasters,...
by Kyle Kazimour | Jan 16, 2019 | I Am Iowa BIG Month 2019, Student Stories
Meet Cody Watts. Cody is a first year BIG junior from Linn-Marr High School. In a short period of time, Cody has been able to learn real world skills through work he’s passionate about. He’s also been able to take on leadership roles, including through...
by Kyle Kazimour | Jan 15, 2019 | I Am Iowa BIG Month 2019, Student Stories
Meet Emily Brunscheen. Emily is a Prairie junior in her second year at BIG. She was very fortunate to join BIG as a sophomore and learn so much at such a young age. She was asked to reflect upon the year prior and talk about two different projects with very...
