Progress 03/01/18 to 12/31/21
Outputs
Target Audience:Target audience for the AgriSTEM Saturday Academy is middle school students (grades 6th, 7th, 8th) from the Big Bend location: Leon, Jefferson, Gadsden, and Franklin. This school year we partnered with Title 1 School coordinator to offer AgriSTEM Saturday programming as mobile STEM sessions. A total of 132 students had the opportunity to participate in the Saturday Academy Mobile STEM Sessions. There were 82 female students and 50 male students (87% Black and minorities). Ninety percent of the group were middle school students; the other 10% were 5th grade elementary students. A total of 28 students participated in the 2021 AgriSTEM Virtual Summer Program. There were 18 female students and 10 male students (73% blacks, 10% whites, 7% Hispanics and 10% Asians). Changes/Problems:Slight changes/problems caused by the continued burden of COVID-19 resulted in a combination of face-to-face and virtual programming. To align with social distancing policies, two face-to-face sessions were offered concurrently to accommodate all students. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Project continues to provide online programming and workshop series to students during monthly AgriSTEM Saturday Academy for students and bimonthly AgriSTEM Teacher zoom meetings for education professionals. The shift of the pandemic allowed open mobile Saturday STEM sessions in partnership with Leon County Title 1 to include parents as well. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?The results have been disseminated to communities of interest through various educational instructions and outreach virtually, face-to-face, throguh partner allies and mailouts. Continued efforts through conference presentations/posters, extension e-newsletter/e-magazine and social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram remain to bring awareness to AgriSTEM program opportunities. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
In addition to the online hands-on experiential learning activities that were designed for live zoom interactions through google classroom, the team has developed an AgriSTEM curriculum under the university CANVAS system and in the process of binding the curriculum for teachers and community youth directors who attended the AgriSTEM teacher workshop series.
Publications
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Progress 03/01/21 to 12/31/21
Outputs
Target Audience:Target audience for the AgriSTEM Program is middle school students (grades 6th, 7th, 8th) from the Big Bend location: Leon, Jefferson, Gadsden, and Franklin. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Project is currently providing online programming and workshop series to students during monthly AgriSTEM Saturday Academy for students and AgriSTEM Saturday Teacher Workshop Series for education professionals. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Extension e-newsletter/e-magazine and Social Media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to bring awareness to the AgriSTEM program opportunities for in-school and after-school enrichment, community events and summer programs. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Continue to bring awareness to the College of Agriculture and Food Sciences agricultural science disciplines and boraden the efforts of the AgriSTEM program through community events, in-school enrichment and fee assesed programs during the summer.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
The online hands-on experiential learning activities are designed to enhance participants' awareness during the pandemic through live zoom interactions of the inter dependency of disciplines in agricultural sciences such as Soil Science, Environmental Science and Food Science.
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Progress 03/01/20 to 02/28/21
Outputs
Target Audience:Target audience for the AgriSTEM Saturday Academy is middle school students (grades 6th, 7th, 8th) from the Big Bend location: Leon, Jefferson, Gadsden, and Franklin. A total of 11 students have participated in the Saturday Academy Sessions. There are 9 female students and 2 males students. The AgriSTEM program has reached 7 seventh graders and 4 eighth graders. All eleven students are African American. Changes/Problems:Major changes/problems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the development of online platform programming in addition to providing consent and following technology policies/regulations of using the online platform from the school systems and the university system. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Project is currently providing online programming and workshop series to students during monthly AgriSTEM Saturday Academy for students and AgriSTEM Saturday Teacher Workshop Series for education professionals. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Extension e-newsletter/e-magazine and Social Media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to bring awareness to the AgriSTEM program opportunities. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?During the next reporting period project will resume full-tine face-to-face programming as per university and CDC policies and regulations.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
The online hands-on experiential learning activities are designed to enhance participants' awareness during the pandemic through live zoom interactions of the inter dependency of disciplines in agricultural sciences such as Soil Science, Environmental Science and Food Science.
Publications
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Other
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2020
Citation:
1890 Centers of Excellence to Motivate and Educate for Achievement (MEA) Objective #3: Expand students experiences to increase their knowledge and
engagement in STEAM. Activities
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Progress 03/01/19 to 02/29/20
Outputs
Target Audience:Target audience for the AgriSTEM Saturday Academy is middle school students (grades 6th, 7th, 8th) from the Big Bendlocation: Leon, Jefferson, Gadsden, and Franklin. A total of 23 students have participated in the Saturday Academy Sessions. There were 17 female students and 6 males students. A total of 27 students have participated in the AgriSTEM Residential Summer Program. There were 15 female students and 12 males students. The AgriSTEM program has reached a total of 50 students with its first academy and residential programs. Forty-seven of the students were African American, two students were Hispanic and one student was White and Asian. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?The project provided teacher and volunteer series trainings as it related to hands-on agriculture activties in the classroom (CEU earned). The group has the opportunity to activiely participant in the activites to understand the processes and value to their current curriculum used in the classroom. The hands-on activities supported Florida's science curriculum as outlined by the Next Generation Sunshine State Science and Mathematics Standards. These activities were delivered using portable science activity kits developed by CAFS faculty. All the activities were conducted over a time period of 60 minutes, which included introduction of activity, performance of activity and discussion of results. Teachers/volunteers that participated had the opportunity to improve their language, writing and critical thinking skills as it relates to agriculture sciences. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Results have been disseminated to communities of interest through newsletters, social media, emails and presentations. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Plans to continue building and developing partnerships in the community will help accomplish the goals of the project. Continue to enhance productivity through the objectives already achieved that: • Increased the number of students who participated and completed programming throughout the academic year; • Increased the number and academic profile (grades, interest) of student participants; and • Increased the number of student leaders, mentor, teachers and volunteers implementing programming and serving the community.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Programming that incorporated Entomology, Food Science and Natural Resources provided creative and non-traditional format that supplemented classroom learning that helped students progress towards existing benchmarks and standards. 4-H Youth Development: Improve citizenship, leadership, responsibility and life skills of youth through experiential learning programs and a positive youth development approach.
Publications
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
Ignite Presentation: PLN Conference, New Orleans, LA (August 18-22); Poster Presentation-Entomophagy: Food for the Future EPAF Fort Meyers, FL (August 25-29); Summer Programs in Review September 2019; 4-H Club Welcome Booklet; September 2019 and 4-H Brochure September 2019; Ignite presentation-AgriSTEM Germinating Future Leaders: Middle Management 4-22-25; Mobile Unit Module-Multistate: Innovative Collaborative 4/29 5/2
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
-Entomophagy: Food for the Future C. Newman*, S. Hayes*, Florida A&M University Cooperative Extension-Innovative Flourless Gluten-Free Dessert: An Option for Celiac Disease Patient Esi Sawyer and Conchita Newman, Florida A&M University Food Science Program and Jay Smith, Carrabbas Italian Grill Research and Development
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Progress 03/01/18 to 02/28/19
Outputs
Target Audience:Target audience for the AgriSTEM Saturday Academy is middle school students (grades 6th, 7th, 8th) from the Big Bend location: Leon, Jefferson, Gadsden, and Franklin. A total of 23 students have participated in the Saturday Academy Sessions. There are 17 female students and 6 males students. The AgriSTEM program has reached 7 sixth graders, 7 seventh graders and 9 eighth graders. Twenty of the students are African American. two students are Hispanic and one student is White and Asian. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Student and teacher training sessions for hands-on activities; teacher to student training of classroom management. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? Agri-STEM Saturday Academy results have been disseminated to communities of interest through extension publications via newsletter, social media and magazines. Agri-STEM Saturday Academy students have shared their enthusiasm for Agricultural science by participating in the local Science Festival where they demonstrated knowledge gained during previous Saturday Academy sessions. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?To accomplish the above mentioned goals during the next reporting period we plan to have an AGRI-STEM Residential Summer Program, start the second year of AgriSTEM Saturday Academy, create a portfolio of AGRI-STEM activities and host a teacher training workshop.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
The Agri-STEM Saturday Academy was developed for middle school students (grades 6th, 7th, 8th) from the Big Bend location: Leon, Jefferson, Gadsden, and Franklin counties. Students meet one Saturday per month where they are engrossed in various activities based on Agricultural Sciences. Each session focuses on grade specific learning objectives. During each session students explore AGRI-STEM through hands-on learning projects and improve communication and critical thinking skills.
Publications
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
Seeds of Change: Engaging Youth through Agriculture The workshop focused on reconnecting youth with agriculture, dispelling myths about agriculture and educating students about the vast opportunities available through agriculture.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2018
Citation:
Implementation of an Integrated Approach to Introduce K-12 Students to Opportunities in AgriSTEM Kim Davis, M.S. Environmental Sciences; Sabrina Hayes, M.S. Entomology; Conchita Newman, M.S. Food Science
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
Entomophagy: Food for the Future. The workshop focused on food security and introduced students to alternative ways to feed a growing population.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
Innovative Flourless Gluten-Free Dessert: An Option for Celiac Disease Patient
Esi Sawyer and Conchita Newman, Florida A&M University Food Science Program and
Jay Smith, Carrabba⿿s Italian Grill Research and Development
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