By: Marisa Crowhurst, AEC Graduate Student University of Florida (UF) undergraduate students explored Florida’s Nature Coast in Cedar Key, climate change impacts, coastal conservation, and science communication through an experiential learning ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS Teaching
Located in Highlands County, Florida, Lake Istokpoga is the state's fifth-largest lake (approximately 27,000 acres). Many stakeholders use this lake; from anglers and boaters to birdwatchers and hunters, including the local ecotourism industry ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Home Landscapes, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, Water
Water Wednesday, a series of videos aimed at sharing information from UF/IFAS experts with Central Floridians on a variety of water conservation practices, has a new website. The new Water Wednesday site, which highlight’s the weekly Facebook ... READ MORE
Category: Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension
University of Florida agricultural education and communication graduate students connected students in pre-K through high school and their families with university water scientists in Facebook Live events held during the spring semester. Earlier ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS Teaching, Water
Earlier this month at the joint meeting of the Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture and Natural Resources and the Agricultural Media Summit in Phoenix, Arizona I was selected to give a presentation on academic ... READ MORE
Category: Professional Development
Well, it depends. $58 million is what NASA estimates a trip around the moon as a SpaceX tourist would cost. For most people, it's out of reach compared to our median U.S. incomes of $59 thousand in 2017, or about 1000 times less than the cost ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Curriculum, Natural Resources, Professional DevelopmentAs people develop their public engagement (aka outreach or communication or informal/free-choice education) practices, they may begin to think about the style they use when engaging. One tool that agricultural educators often draw on is Kolb's ... READ MORE
Category: Professional Development, UF/IFAS Extension