SteadyGROWpro Creates Education Kits for Use in Science Classrooms

KOKOMO, Ind., Nov. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SteadyGROWpro has designed comprehensive, hands-on life science education kits to be used in the classroom.

Sprout Jones: Life Science Education complements any elementary life science curriculum. Plant Propagation; A Scientific Inquiry teaches high school students about scientific methods, and Agricultural Research; Soilless Growing is designed for agriculture and horticulture programs. All kits are no mess, no bacteria and no insect alternatives to growing plants in the classroom which help teachers cover:

• seed germination
• vegetative propagation
• root development
• plant nutrition
• pollination
• plant life cycle
• photosynthesis

In October 2010, 200 fourth-, fifth- and seventh-grade students at Gompers Fine Arts Option School in Chicago used the classroom growing kits developed by steadyGROWpro. To view a video story featuring feedback on the steadyGROWpro program from the teachers and students at Gompers, click here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyVeMVhBgCg.

"By using the steadyGROWpro education kits, students will get to actually see seed germination and watch root development," explained Kelvin Frye, National Sales Manager. "The units we have developed allow students to witness and be responsible for the complete life cycle of a plant."

SteadyGROWpro is an inert, sterile growing media which optimizes plant growth. Used by gardeners, commercial greenhouses and educators, steadyGROWpro is the newest media used for soilless and hydroponic growing. With a unique cell structure comprised of 89% air and 11% mass, steadyGROWpro is an eco-friendly alternative which can be ground down to a sand-like material or incinerated without emitting harmful toxins.

ABOUT STEADYGROWPRO

steadyGROWpro, a division of Syndicate Sales Inc., is available in plugs, sheets, blocks and slabs, steadyGROWpro helps growers maximize their results when growing food crops including cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, popular flowering plants, woody ornamentals, vines, ivy and more. Formulated to be an inert and sterile product to allow for maximum plant growth, steadyGROWpro is a superior substitute to rockwool because, unlike rockwool, steadyGROWpro is environmentally friendly and can be reduced from its original form to a mass of less than 11 percent. For more, visit www.steadygrowpro.com.

ABOUT SYNDICATE SALES

Since 1946, Syndicate Sales Inc. has been a leading manufacturer, importer and distributor of more than 1,500 items to the floral industry with customers in all 50 U.S. states, Canada, South America, Europe and Japan. For more, visit www.syndicatesales.com.

CONTACT:
Chris Mercier
1-317-571-0051 ext. 106
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