Skip to content
National Collaborative for Research on Food, Energy, and Water Education

National Collaborative for Research on Food, Energy, and Water Education

A hub of innovation for research on FEW-Nexus educational programming

Menu
  • Home
  • About
    • Mission and Goals
    • People
    • Funding and Support
  • Events
    • 2018 NC-FEW Planning Conference
    • 2017 Invited Symposium
  • Newsletters
  • Resources
  • Webinars
  • News
  • Get Involved

NC-FEW 2020 Virtual Showcase

Go to the NC-FEW Virtual Showcase Submission Form to submit your FEW-Nexus-focused work to the NC-FEW Virtual Showcase

Kids in the Garden: Bees, Pollen, and Pollinators Program to Involve Middle and High School Students in the Study of Science, Climate Change, and Food for Underrepresenteded Yoth
A team of scientists and science educators have been using the study of pollinators, pollen, and plants with middle and high school students to investigate what it can tell them about their world through inquiry-based research to develop skills in collecting, analyzing, and communicating data. The grant funded program now in its sixth year includes an after-school and summer program at the University. UNC-Pembroke is in a rural, economically depressed region of the Southeastern U.S. with a large population underrepresented among scientists. One challenge is to make science real and relevant. People are familiar with the spring aerial deluge of pollen which begins the exploration of pollen, pollinators and food. The many hurricanes in the area make climate change a real phenomena.
A Low-Cost Affordable Food Energy Water Inquiry-Based Curricula for Elementary and Middle School Youth
Here we describe a novel approach to help address broadening participation challenges in the 21st century. We have a collaboration between two Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) – NCA&T and NCCU partnering with several middle schools. The middle school years are pivotal time in the development of student behaviors, attitudes, and work habits, and therefore is an inflection point for approaches. Our food, energy, water socio-environmental framework is part of a networked improvement community located in North Carolina. We have positively impacted student retention, knowledge, and quantitative skills in STEM across socio-economic divides. This will help broaden participation among a new generation of scientists with the requisite training in the the FEW-related fields.
What Lives in the Harbor? Baltimore City Students & Towson University Students Investigate Water Quality
Towson University (TU) preservice teachers conduct educational programming focusing on watershed education for urban youth at the National Aquarium. Urban youth are middle school students from Baltimore City Public Schools , visiting the aquarium in order to participate in the “What Lives in the Harbor” program. This is a BTU (Baltimore/Towson University Partnership: TU faculty and students work with partners throughout Greater Baltimore to better address the needs of the region. Our community partner is the National Aquarium in Baltimore."
Investigating Human Impact on Local Water Resources: An NGSS-Designed Approach
This presentation reveals an in-depth curricular unit exploring the effects of human land use on local water resources. This unit was designed to connect high school students to water resources in their community, both in the field and through the use of interactive mapping technology. These methods engage students in science and technology using multiple disciplines and can help them better understand how their local water resource is affected by the surrounding landscape. In this unit, students explore the dynamics of local water resources and the anthropogenic issues that affect them through field and open-access online inquiry-based activities

Recent News

  • NSF Virtual Grants Conference 2020
  • NSF IUSE Program 2020
  • NIFA Webinars November 2020
  • NC-FEW Leadership Opportunity
  • NC-FEW 2020 Virtual Showcase

Archives

  • October 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • February 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019

Categories

  • Dissemination
  • Funding
  • Participation
  • Personnel
  • Uncategorized

Tags

COVID-19 ECR EHR GER GSA HEC INCLUDES INFEWS IUSE NAAEE Newsletter NOAA NSEC NSF RCN REU S-STEM SPECA U.S. ED USDA-NIFA Water

Twitter

#NCFEW

nc_fewNC-FEW@nc_few·
8 Dec
Reply on Twitter 1336429929995505664Retweet on Twitter 1336429929995505664Like on Twitter 1336429929995505664Twitter 1336429929995505664
corytforbesCory Forbes@corytforbes·
12 Nov
Reply on Twitter 1326910153497702403Retweet on Twitter 1326910153497702403Like on Twitter 1326910153497702403Twitter 1326910153497702403
Retweet on TwitterTodd Campbell Retweeted
nc_fewNC-FEW@nc_few·
13 Oct
Reply on Twitter 1316141000633520128Retweet on Twitter 13161410006335201283Like on Twitter 13161410006335201281Twitter 1316141000633520128
Retweet on TwitterCory Forbes Retweeted
nc_fewNC-FEW@nc_few·
13 Oct
Reply on Twitter 1316141000633520128Retweet on Twitter 13161410006335201281Like on Twitter 1316141000633520128Twitter 1316141000633520128
Retweet on TwitterHannah Scherer Retweeted
nc_fewNC-FEW@nc_few·
13 Oct
Reply on Twitter 1316141000633520128Retweet on Twitter 1316141000633520128Like on Twitter 1316141000633520128Twitter 1316141000633520128

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1856040 (ECR-EHR Core Research), National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under award #1006539 and #2017-06281, and the Network of STEM Education Centers/APLU. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of these funding agencies.

Copyright © 2021 National Collaborative for Research on Food, Energy, and Water Education – OnePress theme by FameThemes