For Teachers and Schools
Each school year, University of Florida faculty located at the Wakulla Extension office in Crawfordville offer school enrichment programming to all our area schools. Programs include agricultural education, embryology, public speaking, nutrition, personal finance, horticulture, environmental education, civic education, and more. University of Florida Extension faculty participate in Project Learning Tree weeks and Science or School Enrichment and Parent Outreach Night events at area schools on request.
Annual signature school enrichment programs offered by the University of Florida IFAS Wakulla Extension office include but are not limited to the following:
4-H Embryology: Our faculty supports classroom instruction with equipment and curriculum to teach poultry science with an egg hatching unit.
4-H Public Speaking: Faculty provide curriculum, ribbons, and medallions for elementary and middle school-level classroom and school public speaking contests (formerly known as the Tropicana competition). A county level contest is held at the Extension office in Crawfordville in April. Youth advance to a district level contest in May.
4-H Ag Adventures: An elementary school partner is invited to bring 4th graders on the Annual Ag Adventures field trip to enjoy an educational day on a demonstration farm in Quincy.
Living On My Own: Financial education program that includes a facilitated personal budget simulation exercise. This program is provided to middle and high school classes by request.
4-H Day at the Capitol: School age youth ages 5 to 18 are invited by 4-H to spend a day in Tallahassee during the legislative session. Youth meet with public officials, tour the House and Senate chambers, and participate in a legislative debate and voting simulation. 4-H faculty can teach lessons and provide curriculum resources focused on civic education on request.
School Garden Programs: The Extension team can help local schools plan and install school gardens and provide age-appropriate curriculum for teachers to use with students in addition to serving as guest instructors and facilitators.
Grant writing support: Extension faculty can help teachers prepare applications for Florida Farm Bureau mini-grants, Florida Agriculture in the Classroom and/or School Garden grants.
STEM Lessons and Skill-a-Thon(s): Extension faculty have resources to support science units with hands-on activities and more.
4-H Service Learning: Extension faculty can help teachers implement service learning with youth that engages students from planning to hands-on service.
Connecting Curriculum to the North Florida Fair: 4-H staff and Extension faculty can provide resources to connect youth to hands-on experiences and events that support STEM learning, agriculture and natural resources education, as well as consumer and financial literacy.
Family Nutrition Program (FNP): The Family Nutrition Program (FNP) provides free, evidence-based nutrition lessons to youth ages 3-17 in Wakulla County. Since 1996, FNP has offered FREE SNAP-Education at various qualifying community sites, supported by the University of Florida/ IFAS Extension.
Future Leaders of Wakulla (FLOW): FLOW is a youth leadership development program for youth ages 11 to 18. The Extension team can teach leadership development lessons, provide resources, and offer additional out-of-school enrichment opportunities.
Whether teachers or schools want a credentialed guest speaker or an expert program facilitator, Extension faculty are only a phone call away at 850-926-3931 Ext 2.
https://florida4h.ifas.ufl.edu/youth/school-enrichment-programs/
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UF/IFAS Extension cultivates and inspires leadership in youth by administering the statewide Florida 4-H Youth Development Program. Valuing a hands-on approach to learning, 4-H provides youth with opportunities to develop skills, accrue knowledge and explore career paths with projects and events on a broad selection of topics from agriculture to robotics to mock government. The organization also offers Collegiate 4-H, volunteer positions, and sponsorship opportunities, so there are myriad ways for youth and adults alike to get involved. florida4h.ifas.ufl.edu |
The attached brochure should be titled: 4-H and Extension in Schools