It's not your typical science fair project.

Our Laura Rogers takes us to the Hardin County classroom, where some down to earth students are doing research that's out of this world.

Here at John Hardin High School and Elizabeth Town, Jeremy Hall is teaching students about agriculture.

We have a hydroponics, aquaponics and aquaculture lab in our room for kids to study and also to grow plants because of food insecurity.

It's a hands on learning approach that's helping these high school students solve real world problems.

Learning should be fun.

I went into education because I had great teachers.

It was a year ago when Hall was presenting to the National Association of Agricultural Educators that he learned of an opportunity for his classroom to do research for NASA.

We're always looking for new opportunities.

I think my students thrive on outside of the box, thinking the.

School applied and was selected to take part and growing beyond Earth, a classroom based citizen.

Science projects that advances their research on growing plants in space.

It's crazy, honestly.

I never thought that I would be involved in.

It, but she is, thanks to the support of her peers who selected Harlee as one of two freshmen to lead the project and Mr. Hall's classroom.

He incorporates a bunch of real life things to build on her learning.

The students are taking measurements and collecting data on hydroponics that will help NASA's scientists develop technology to grow food crops in deep space.

There is a food insecurity problem here on Earth, so if we grow beyond Earth, then it will help that issue.

Since there is limited space.

They know about us and our research here in the lab and what good it's doing for the community and then asking us to do it, that's just such a huge honor.

The 28 day trial helps the students better understand how a lighting source affects certain plants.

We're trying a plant called Mr.

Version, which is a really neat plant.

It's animal plant, the flowers even edible on the station.

In town to better care for them in order for the plans to grow.

The approval was our best grower was good right off the bat, germinated well, had really good germination rate.

Really quick growth.

Wide leaves the leaves, which provides a lot of food for what it is.

But it's not the success of the project that gets Hall most excited.

It's the potential failure which often can provide the most impactful lesson learned.

As long as you adapt and you learn from it and then apply that what you've learned.

That's as big of success as being right right off the bat.

The problems in the world can be basically solved by agriculture, and it's a big part of everyday life.

Everyday life that is examined and explored right here and the classroom.

This is what education's about that we need to let kids think on their own to try and risk and have them understand that failure is not the end all the time, but you can actually learn a lot from failing.

And that's what we try to do Have fun, fail, learn and apply.

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He incorporated all that into like real life plant.

Science.

I'm Laura Rogers.

As always.

Thank you.

Laura Rogers.

The research project helps support the NASA's Artemis program.

The long term goal is to establish a moon base where a hydroponic greenhouse will provide food for space travel.

Pretty cool.