Non Technical Summary
In this project, our focus is to develop content and activities to enhance youth involvements and understanding of artificial intelligence in agriculture. The specific objectives include: (1) design a customized hybrid course for drone flight training and drone introduction, and (2) design tour and project activities to enhance youth's understanding of drones and other AI technologies in smart agriculture.This project will recruit 12 youth participants each year for four years (48 youth participants in total) and engage them in an experiential learning program in smart agriculture related technologies such as drones, ground robots, computer vision systems, Internet of Things (IoT) systems and agricultural data management systems, and learn the foundations and applications of these technologies.The ultimate goal of our team is to establish a smart agriculture education center to train the next generation of agricultural engineers. The program developed from this project will be one of the three main components that form the overall training and education program that will be provided by the Smart Agriculture Education Center. Thus, the broader impact of this project may include: (1) Improving societal perception of working in agriculture; (2) Enhancing workforce for future US Agriculture; and (3) Improving food production with more adoptions of smart agricultural technologies.

Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)	Subject of Investigation (SOI)	Field of Science (FOS)	Percent
806	7410	2020	50%
806	7210	2020	50%

Knowledge Area
806 - Youth Development;

Subject Of Investigation
7410 - General technology; 7210 - Remote sensing equipment and technology;

Field Of Science
2020 - Engineering;

Goals / Objectives
We aim to develop content and activities as part of the effort to establish a smart agriculture education center that prepares students for future careers in the highly technical area of artificial intelligence-based agriculture technologies. In this project period, we will design and evaluate an experiential learning program for youth that integrates multiple activities including drone flight training, lectures, smart agricultural tours and hands-on projects.

Project Methods
In this project period, we will design and evaluate an experiential learning program for youth that integrates multiple activities including drone flight training, lectures, smart agricultural tours and hands-on projects.The experiential learning program will be developed in collaboration with Tennessee 4H, Rocket Drones company, and University of Tennessee AgResearch and Education centers. This program will recruit 12 youth between 14 and 20 years old (high-school students and early-year undergraduate students) each year. We will develop a customized curriculum to have specific focuses on drones, robotics, and artificial intelligence (AI) in agricultural production.