2023 Outreach
NRT trainees, Kristiina Ala-Kokko, Bailey Peterson-Wilhelm, Jeffery Reed, and Raymond Thomas, conducted two workshop sessions "What is the true cost of water? Teaching Opportunity Cost" on Friday, January 20, 10:30am and 11:30am, at the Kansas Association of Agricultural Educators (KAAE) Symposium. Workshop kits were given to workshop attendees. The goal of the workshop is to prompt students to think about the value of natural resources today and in the future when making decisions. Factoring in opportunity costs leads to more informed production decisions. The workshop starts by encouraging students to think about tradeoffs made in everyday life and then connecting that idea to agricultural production. A brief lesson on opportunity cost and the Ogallala aquifer gives students important background information. Finally, students engage in an interactive classroom activity to pull the concepts together. Workshop resources can be found at the QR code.
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2022 Outreach
NRT trainees, Emily Stallbaumer-Cyr, Moises Gutierrez, Lonnie Hobbs, and Jacob Miller-Klugesherz, conducted two workshop sessions "You Only Have One Bucket" on Friday, January 21, 10:30am and 11:30am, at the Kansas Association of Agricultural Educators (KAAE) Symposium. Workshop kits were given to workshop attendees. The workshop aims to explain and demonstrate how food-water-energy systems are intertwined and how it impacts the Ogallala Aquifer. Participants were engaged as the class activity was demonstrated and learned how to integrate the activity into their classroom.
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2021 Outreach
Workshop Kits
NRT trainees, Amariah Fischer, Jordan Morrow, and Micah Cameron-Harp conducted two workshop sessions at the Kansas Association of Agricultural Educators (KAAE) Virtual Symposium on Friday, January 22, 2021, 1:00PM-1:45PM and 2:00PM-2:45PM. Workshop kits were sent to the workshop attendees. This workshop helps students learn the importance of sustainable use of natural resources. Participants were engaged as the class activity was demonstrated and learned how to integrate the activity into their classroom and how to modify it for all age groups.
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Tragedy of the commons workshop at the Kansas Association of Agricultural Educators (KAAE)
Virtual Symposium on Friday, January 22
Virtual Symposium on Friday, January 22