You Will Farm In Space

Space Explorers will also be Space Farmers! In this book future space explorers will learn all about how farms in Space work. How will people grow food, recycle air and water, and use wastes? Inside are ways to grow plants without soil, farm fish and shrimp in small spaces, grow algae in a reactor, and use yeast and bacteria. Readers will learn how animals and fungi convert food and oxygen, and how plants and algae convert carbon dioxide and water. Simple experiments anchor key concepts, and advanced readers can explore a couple of related math exercises. Playful illustrations make the book fun for all ages. Concepts are tied together to show how the farm can support a growing space habitat. Read this book and you too, will learn to farm in space. The fourth book in the You Will ___ Space series.