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'Come 'eat, drink and be merry' while doing Ag-Science activities' |
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Observation is the basis of all of the Sciences. This session will help you to understand how we observe and help you to hone your own observation skills. It is also 'minds-on' as QUESTIONS are the lifeblood of Science...
You will engage in hands-on activities that can be easily and cheaply replicated to explain Ag-Science concepts.
Learn how to access the resources of your local USDA/Agricultural Research Service (ARS) laboratory that wants to help you through educational outreach. There are ninety such labs nationwide.
Leave with a template to guide students into a career in the Agricultural Sciences. Workshop Session (all workshops will be 75 minutes) | |
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| Dr. Craig Wilson | |
| Email: | cwilson@science.tamu.edu |
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| Speaker Order: | 1 |
| Author Order: | 1 |
| Person Type: | Primary Presenter |
| State: | Texas |
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| Main Phone: | 512-636-9031 |
| Biosketch: | Dr. Wilson collaborates with Farm Bureaus of TX, AR, OK, KY & TN. He was born in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland Grew up in England and attended Oxford University. He met his Texan wife in Iceland and they had their three children in The Kalahari Desert in Botswana, Africa. His office is in the USDA Building in College Station, alongside which has been created a USDA People’s Garden complete with Monarch Waystation (butterfly garden), pond and ‘Texas pocket prairie’ where students are able to spend a day working on science activities. He has taught for forty-six years on three continents in situations ranging from beneath a huge thorn tree on the edge of the Kalahari Desert to experimenting with weightlessness on NASA’s KC-135. He has worked with teachers in all fifty states and has taught in 36 states, including Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico. He currently is Director of the USDA Future Scientists Program. |
| Organization/Affiliation: | USDA/ARS & Texas A&M University |
