An event for educators who want to use agricultural science education to address important regional issues of food security & sustainability
Venue: Online Via Zoom
Cost: $40 per person
Remote island communities need agricultural science education to address important regional issues of food security and sustainability. Join us at our upcoming online workshop to learn how to utilize a collection of teaching resources produced by the Food Experiences for Agricultural Science Teaching (FEAST) Project.
This workshop is for teachers in grades three through eight who teach in learning gardens or who teach science. The Curriculum Research & Development Group of the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa (CRDG) and the Center For Getting Things Started (C4GTS) have partnered with 10 master teachers in Hawaii and Guam as well as Farm to School leaders across the region to develop and distribute place-based agricultural science distance learning materials that have been funded by USDA. Participants will explore the learning materials available from the FEAST project, which include a student workbook with eight lessons and supply kit, a teacher guide, and a family guide for each of two different grade levels, 3-5 and 6-8. Participants will learn about the design of the lessons and how to implement them from the researchers and teachers who co-developed them. Lesson topics address issues that are important to island living and food sustainability, including the effect of moon phases on crops, growing food, reducing waste, and the importance of eating local foods. Participants will receive their own workbook and learning toolkit. They will also be able to download copies of the workbooks and guides from the project website.
WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES:
Know how to implement FEAST lessons
Identify ways to work through common challenges with FEAST lessons
Describe how FEAST lessons support standards-based science and learning garden teaching
WORKSHOP AGENDA:
3:30 - 3:40 Welcome and introductions
3:40 - 3:50 FEAST Project overview. USDA funding, project goals, development process, introduce teacher authors, core team, advisory board, and website.
3:50 - 4:10 FEAST pedagogical model overview. EDO, Interactions, NSM, HSGCM.
4:10 - 4:25 Breakouts by group (grades 3-5 and 6-8). Overview of eight workbook lessons and teacher guide contents.
4:25 - 4:30 Break
4:30 - 4:45 Breakouts by group (grades 3-5 and 6-8). Lesson demonstration.
4:45 - 5:00 Breakouts by group (grades 3-5 and 6-8). Lesson demonstration #2
5:00 - 5:20 Whole group discussion.
5:20 - 5:30 Closing
ABOUT THE PRESENTER:
Dr. Lori Andersen is an assistant specialist in the Curriculum Research & Development Group (CRDG) in the College of Education at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. She conducts research about science teaching and learning. Her current projects include Our Phenomenal World, a science curriculum for grade five and Food Experiences for Agricultural Science Training, a set of distance learning materials for school garden activities. She is a member of the Executive Board of the Hawaiʻi Science Teachers Association.