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- Food-Energy-Water Nexus Case Study Curriculum (Secondary, 6-week Unit)Spencer, Kendrick; Scherer, Hannah H. (2024)The Food-Energy-Water (FEW) Nexus describes the interactions of food, energy, and water systems. This is a dynamic way to instruct students as they tackle complex problems. Within Agricultural Education, FEW Nexus can be infused in multiple classes including plant and animal science based courses, environmental science courses, and agricultural engineering, and construction classes. This 6-week unit was developed for use in secondary classrooms. Resources include a unit overview, daily lesson plans and instructional resources, case studies, and a culminating activity in which students connect new ideas to FEW Nexus systems in their communiy. Overarching Objectives of this FEW Nexus Unit: 1. Describe the relationship between Food Systems, Energy Systems, and Water Systems. 2. Describe how food is produced and moves through the food system. 3. Explore how engineered water systems interact with food and energy systems, and society. 4. Investigate the difference between food energy and energy production systems. 5. Create arguments that describe the benefits and drawbacks related to Food, Energy, and Water Systems. The unit can be used to supplement other lessons. Additional items can be used to supplement learning to this unit. There are also many other areas that can be explored throughout the unit.
- Integrating Cybersecurity and Agricultural InnovationDrape, Tiffany A.; Thompson, Cris; Johnson, Kellie; Brown, Anne M.; Simpson, Joseph; Oakes, Joseph; Duncan, Sue; Westfall-Rudd, Donna M. (Virginia Tech, 2022-08-10)This 1-2 credit undergraduate course, as presented, is designed to provide an interdisciplinary, experiential-learning-based background and exposure to working on and completing a team project in cyberbiosecurity in agriculture and the life sciences. These modules and capstone are designed for students to learn about cyberbiosecurity and how their agriculture knowledge can provide employment opportunities related to cyberbiosecurity. This course will provide knowledge and training on cyberbiosecurity, issues with online data and security, how we might protect our biological data, and ethical implications of biological data sharing and ownership. The course will teach critical thinking and problem-solving in a team environment, professional presentations, and writing skills in the context of completing the capstone project.
- Syllabi for Introduction to Graduate Teaching Scholars (GTS)Westfall-Rudd, Donna M. (2022-02-23)Syllabi for the Graduate Teaching Scholars courses are offered to complement "Teaching in the University: Learning from Graduate Students and Early Career Faculty" (2022) edited by Donna Westfall-Rudd, Courtney Vengrin, and Jeremy Elliot-Engel which is available at https://doi.org/10.21061/universityteaching. ALCE 6415 "Introduction to Graduate Teaching Scholars (GTS)" offers Graduate Teaching Scholars opportunities to observe university course organization and instruction. Observations serve as a platform for course discussions focused on planning course instruction, examining student centered teaching strategies, and design of student assessments. Scholars work with faculty mentors to become familiar with the teaching expectations and resources for course assigned in the program.