UF/IFAS Extension has science-based resources on a variety of topics for teachers, parents and kids. From insects to robotics, plants to manatees, we have curriculum, videos, and coloring sheets you can use! This page will be updated as more resources are available. Updates/new items will be added to the top of the list below. If there is something you are looking for, let us know! We are available for webinar education with your virtual classrooms as well.
UF/IFAS Streaming Science on Facebook Live
Insects: friend or foe? coloring book
Online agriculture resources from UF/IFAS
4H Projects (forestry, electronics, nutrition, robotics, gardening, and more)
Plant Connections for grades 3-5
Plants and Youth: Building a Terrarium
Aquatic and Marine Ecosystems (coral reefs, lakes, marshes, estuaries)
Third Grade Manatee Curriculum
Fourth Grade Cetaceans Curriculum
For more information, contact UF/IFAS Extension Polk County at (863) 519-1041 or visit us online at http://sfyl.ifas.ufl.edu/polk. The Plant Clinic is open Monday-Friday, 9:00 am-4:00 pm to answer your gardening and landscaping questions. Give us a call, or email us at polkmg@ifas.ufl.edu.
If you are not in Polk County, Contact your local UF/IFAS Extension Master Gardener Volunteer Plant Clinic.
The Florida Master Gardener Volunteer Program is a volunteer-driven program that benefits UF/IFAS Extension and the citizens of Florida. The program extends the vision of the University of Florida/Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, all the while protecting and sustaining natural resources and environmental systems, enhancing the development of human resources, and improving the quality of human life through the development of knowledge in agricultural, human and natural resources and making that knowledge accessible.
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