SSSA Division: Soil Education and Outreach Session: Symposium--Effective Education Outreach Programs: Examples, Opportunities, and Challenges (ASA, CSSA and SSSA International Annual Meetings)

437 Symposium--Effective Education Outreach Programs: Examples, Opportunities, and Challenges

Oral Session

SSSA Division: Soil Education and Outreach

This Session is meant to assemble leaders in industry, government agencies, and academics to discuss some positive examples of education outreach programs to advance soils and agronomy. Innovative delivery methods, audience identification and access, messaging, and use of social media will be emphasized.

Cosponsor(s):

Soil Consulting Scientists

Wednesday, November 5, 2014: 8:00 AM-10:40 AM

Long Beach Convention Center, Room 102B

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Organizer:

Gary Pierzynski

8:00 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:05 AM

437-4

Publishing Undergraduate Research As a Teaching Tool.
Eric C. Brevik, Dickinson State University; David L. Lindbo, North Carolina State University; Christopher Belcher, Dickinson State University

Audio File Recorded Presentation

8:25 AM

437-2

Outreach: “Sharing Knowledge to Serve Senegal”.
A. Ozzie Abaye, Virginia Tech

8:45 AM

437-3

Placing Student Feet (Framework for Engaging, Educating, Training) on Soil to Learn about Microbes in the Rhizosphere.
Ann M. Hirsch, UCLA; Maskit Maymon, UCLA; Erin R. Sanders, UCLA

9:05 AM

437-1

Urban "Dirt" Badges.
Akilah Martin, DePaul University

Audio File Recorded Presentation

9:25 AM

Break

9:40 AM

437-5

Using Twitter to Reach Practicing Professionals.
Gary M. Pierzynski, Kansas State University; Brandi D Herman, Kansas State University; Steve Watson, Kansas State University; James P. Shroyer, Kansas State University; Ignacio Antonio Ciampitti, Kansas State University; Celine Beggs, Kansas State University

Audio File Recorded Presentation

10:00 AM

437-6

Wupatki to World War II: Integrating the Soil Story into American History and Earth Science Education.
Susan B. Southard, USDA-NRCS

Audio File Recorded Presentation

10:20 AM

437-7

Success with the 4Rs: Message Unity and a Multi-Faceted Approach.
Lara Moody, The Fertilizer Institute; Kathy Mathers, The Fertilizer Institute; Laura Kubitz, The Fertilizer Institute; Thomas W. Bruulsema, International Plant Nutrition Institute Americas Group; Peyton Harper, The Fertilizer Institute

Audio File Recorded Presentation

10:40 AM

Adjourn

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