Education

Undergraduate Fellowship Program

doutlaw — 2016-03-01T13:59:23Z

Fellowship Program Links:

Program Overview	Undergraduate Announcement*	Graduate Call for Proposals*
News	Internship Application*	Mentorship Application*
Aim Summaries	Interest Areas
Contact	Faculty Sponsors	Frequently Asked Questions

*You will need software, such as Adobe Reader or Foxit, capable of viewing PDF files.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

2015 Student Presentations to Secondary Schools

Students are preparing to visit local secondary school classes to give presentations on forest resources and climate! To see this year's students and lesson titles and outlines, see our 2015 Undergraduate Presentations page.

Congratulations to our fellowship award winners for 2015!

You can read about them and their work on the fellowship's blog at: https://pinemap.wordpress.com.

Applications for the 2015 program are now available!

[Apply here]

The deadline for 2015 applications is February 13, 2015. The deadline is extended to February 28, 2015. Awards will be announced March 2015.

We strongly advise saving the application form to your hard drive, as fillable form PDFs may not be supported by your internet browser.

Undergraduate Application Form | Detailed Announcement | Announcement Flyer

For PINEMAP grad students, staff and PIs:

PINEMAP Mentor Proposal Form | Detailed Announcement

You will need to submit the form through email as an attachment. Using the "Submit" button at the bottom of page 5 will prepare the file for email submission to the program coordinator. You may have to manually attach it using your internet-based or local email client. If you are unsure whether your application has been received, contact the program coordinator for confirmation. Email completed applications to the program coordinator at: jbkidd[at]vt.edu

The PINEMAP Undergraduate Fellowship Program partners undergraduate students with PINEMAP graduate student or staff mentors to provide a hands-on summer research experience followed by a fall outreach program.

Undergraduate students will be provided the opportunity to work during a summer internship with a researcher in one of the following disciplines: field ecology and silviculture, modeling, genetics, economics and policy, education, or extension. Interns will enroll in a fall distance education course in communication and science education to work with classmates and graduate mentors to develop engaging lessons for secondary school life science, biology, or social studies classes. Interns will visit classrooms in their communities to present these interactive lessons.

Project Learning Tree Secondary Module

doutlaw — 2013-09-09T20:05:14Z

Southeastern Forests and Climate Change

PINEMAP has partnered with Project Learning Tree to develop, test, produce, and deliver a new secondary environmental education module, Southeastern Forests and Climate Change. This module provides educators with the necessary information and resources to engage secondary students in lessons about climate change, forest ecosystems, the carbon cycle, pine tree genetics, modeling, and life cycle assessments. The module explores these concepts in 14 experiential activities that are based on PINEMAP’s interdisciplinary research. The activities incorporate technology, data analysis, critical thinking, and systems thinking skills to encourage students to understand the connections between human, biological, and physical systems.

The module website (http://sfrc.ufl.edu/extension/ee/climate) provides online access to the activities and includes supplemental materials and resources. Educators will find teacher tools including audio-visual tours of the activities that include tips for leading, quizzes that gauge content comprehension prior to teaching each lesson, and videos and interactive tools that provide background information for each activity. Activity webpages also include download options for slide presentations and student worksheets in modifiable format so that educators can adapt the materials to better meet their needs. Go to the website and register online today to access all of the activities and educational resources for free!

The activities are designed for students in grades 9 through 12, though can be easily adapted for middle school or college students. With its application of climate change to forest ecosystems and management, this module is best suited for use by life science, biology, agriculture, and environmental science teachers. To help educators address curriculum standards, each activity has been correlated to the Next Generation Science Standards and the Project Learning Tree Conceptual Framework.

This module is designed to help students

Understand how climate change could impact forests in the southeastern U.S.;
Understand how forests can be managed to address changing climate conditions and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions;
Enhance decision-making skills to make informed choices as consumers to mitigate climate change;
Develop systems thinking skills to see connections between climate change, forests, and people;
Recognize that individual and community actions can help mitigate and adapt to climate change; and
Become part of future community conversations about climate change and potential solutions.

The module will be evaluated with teachers in the Southeast in spring 2015. If you would like to use this resource in your classroom and participate in the evaluation, please visit our website and fill out the Contact Us form to receive more information http://sfrc.ufl.edu/extension/ee/climate/contact/.

Research Summaries

jireland — 2012-08-14T19:56:59Z

Peer-reviewed Publications

jireland — 2012-12-17T20:26:44Z

Year 2 Annual Report Articles

jireland — 2013-07-03T17:03:03Z

Year 3 Annual Report Articles

jireland — 2014-06-13T15:03:09Z

Climate Science/Change Educational Resources

lboby — 2014-02-12T19:35:57Z

This contains a list of web-based resources that can be used for extension agents, PINEMAP personnel and any others who may be teaching about climate science, climate change or specific resources such as forestry, livestock, agriculture, etc. This list will be updated as more resources are added.