Our project

For our project, we decided to expand on our the aquaponics truck we created last year. We researched and design an Aquaponics ship that would be made from converted container ships, but instead of fuel we envisioned a solar powered ship that would keep our planet sustainable . We used micro:bits throughout our project. The propellers, simulated radar, navigation lights and the aquaponics system are all powered by micro:bits. We research what components are needed on a ship and designed them in Tinkercad and 3D printed. We also designed the Marine Fish farm in the rear of our ship. It took us three months to complete the project.

Our inspiration

Our teacher has been teaching us about climate change, sustainability and aquaponics. We were very interested after listening to a Marine Biologist speak to our class and who helped us with our aquaponics system in the classroom. Since we built an Aquaponics Truck last year, we began to explore building a system on a ship. In order not to create green house gases, we envisioned our ship to be solar powered and we also thought about recycling, so our prototype would be from a used container ship. We thought that we could feed the world, save endangered fish and reduce our carbon footprint with our ship.