Increasing Understanding on Basic Aquaponic Topic with Animation Video

Aquaponics is a sustainable agricultural system with a combination of aquaculture and hydroponics in a symbiotic environment. This study aims to determine students' knowledge and understanding of the essential basics of aquaponics with video-based learning. This research uses a descriptive quantitative method—data obtained by giving a questionnaire involving 20 middle school students. The questionnaire was given in stages. The first stage was given before the respondents watched the animated video about aquaponics, and the second questionnaire after watching the animated video. Respondents were given multiple choice answers, namely, A (Right) and B (Wrong). This study used six questions about basic aquaponics knowledge. The data were analyzed using a comparison of the frequency of answers and the t-test of two pairs of samples. The results showed that there were significant differences in students' answers before and after watching the video. Students before watching the video had a 28.3% correct answer percentage, and it increased after watching the video to 89.2%. Learning based on aquaponic animation videos can increase students' knowledge and understanding. The use of video-based technology in learning is more comfortable for students to understand than manual learning. Animated video-based learning can be applied in classroom learning.