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Impact Report
| For plan | Expanded 4-H & School Enrichment(Santa Fe County) |
| Date | October 11, 2007, 11:57 pm |
| For Objective | Short-term Show short-term objectives |
| Impact Report | The agriculture agents have worked with the Santa Fe Children's Water Festival for the past couple of years in an advisory capacity. The goal of the water festival is to deliver water education programs to 4th grade students throughout the Santa Fe area by means of an interactive field trip as well as follow up evaluations. This year the Ag agents developed a water education workshop to present during the festival. The workshop focused on water as it relates to agriculture. The information was delivered in a Jeopardy style game where students competed on teams using responders to answer questions. Students then reviewed the correct answers and explanations for these answers. Over two days the agents reached over 200 4th grade students and their teachers. As a result of the game the agents pursued further funding to expand youth water education. A grant proposal was submitted to the Southern Regional Water Coordination Project. The grant was awarded and the project, now entitled "Water Ripples" received $12,000 to develop a youth water curriculum. The agents will work collaboratively with New Mexico State University, Louisianna State University, and University of Kentucky to develop both a computer based as well as a non-computer based curriculum to be delivered to students throughout the 13 state southern region. Work will continue throughout the next year on this project. |