TREE-TASTIC - EDUCATING YOUTH IN THE FOREST
Extension Education
Tim Roberts
EXTENSION AGENT
UT Extension
MEMPHIS
Abstract
Youth no longer grow up in the forest as they once did. Many schools are looking for different ways to assist in educating their students. They are trying to comply with the No Child Left Inside initiative. This program provides educational opportunities in Forestry for schools. The program follows the National Science Curriculum to assist schools and teachers in providing education in an outdoor setting. The students are learning some of the same concepts but they can see, touch, and smell what they are learning to enhance their education. This program utilizes activities to educate multiple grade levels from third grade to high school. The objective of the program is to make learning fun and educational at the same time. It is in a totally different atmosphere than an enclosed classroom and appeals to visual learners, audio learners, and kinesthetic learners. The students rotate from station to station such as the Mystery Box, How Trees Grow, Every Tree for Itself, Ecosystems, and Forest Ecology. Junior High and High School students take a Nature Walk to learn about plants and how they were used but Native American and Frontiersman. All activities in this program take place at Agricenter International in Memphis, Tennessee. It is a very unique place in that it is in the middle of Memphis, surrounded by a million people in the Memphis Metro Area.
Poster has NOT been presented at any previous NACAA AM/PIC
This poster is being submitted for judging. It will be displayed at the AM/PIC if not selected as a State winner. The abstract will be published in the proceedings.
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Authors: *T.G. Robert
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Robert, *. Extension Agent, University of Tennessee Extension, Tennessee, 38012