Let’s Get Batty! A Chat about the History of the UF Bat Houses

A photo essay about the bat houses at the University of Florida's Field and Fork farm and gardens. This photo essay is part of a series about the University of Florida's (UF) Field and Fork farm and gardens. Field and Fork addresses food insecurity on campus by growing produce for the student pantry and giving ...

Photo of student filming grape science expert outside at a vineyard in Florida.

From Grape to Glass

Viticulture and Enology This Scientist Online electronic field trip (EFT) goes to the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University’s (FAMU) Center for Viticulture and Small Fruit Research. Get ready to learn about Florida's unique grape industry - including viticulture (the science of grape cultivation) and enology (the science of winemaking)! The Scientists Scientists from FAMU's viticulture center ...

Streaming Science Bug Battles electronic field trip connecting students with entomology researchers studying insect weapons.

Bug Battles

Visit this page to learn more about the Streaming Science: Bug Battles electronic field trip, utilize the video recordings, Educators' Guide, and other materials: https://streamingscience.com/bug-battles/

Nematodes living in soil ecosystems featured in the Microscopic Marvels science storytelling project.

Microscopic Marvels

Discover the hidden world beneath your feet with Microscopic Marvels, a project that brings science to life through engaging stories and sounds. Dive into photo essays and listen to podcasts that explore a National Science Foundation-funded collaboration between scientists, storytellers, and ranchers working together to understand nematodes in Nebraska's Sandhills. Visit our website to experience ...

Understanding the Importance of Bats: A Comprehensive Exploration of Their Public Benefits

A photo essay about the bats at the University of Florida's Field and Fork Gardens. This photo essay is part of a series about the University of Florida's (UF) Field and Fork farm and gardens. Field and Fork addresses food insecurity on campus by growing produce for the student pantry and giving students opportunities to ...

Cultivating the Future: UF Field and Fork Farm and Gardens’ Internship Program

A photo essay about the University of Florida's Field and Fork internship program. This photo essay is part of a series about the University of Florida's (UF) Field and Fork farm and gardens. Field and Fork addresses food insecurity on campus by growing produce for the student pantry and giving students opportunities to work and ...

Soil Solutions at UF Field and Fork: Nutrient Management with Dr. Gabriel Maltais-Landry

A photo essay about the University of Florida's Field and Fork Farm and Gardens. This photo essay is part of a series about the University of Florida's (UF) Field and Fork farm and gardens. Field and Fork addresses food insecurity on campus by growing produce for the student pantry and giving students opportunities to work ...

Cultivating Tomorrow’s Agriculturalists

A feature story about the Field and Fork Farm and Gardens. This photo essay is part of a series about the University of Florida's (UF) Field and Fork Farm and Gardens. Field and Fork addresses food insecurity on campus by growing produce for the student pantry and giving students opportunities to work and learn on ...

Connecting Campus and Community: Kelli Martin Brew’s Role at UF’s Field and Fork

A photo essay about the Program Coordinater for the University of Florida's Field and Fork Gardens. This photo essay is part of a series about the University of Florida's (UF) Field and Fork farm and gardens. Field and Fork addresses food insecurity on campus by growing produce for the student pantry and giving students opportunities ...

Growing the Future: Noah Long’s Path to Stewardship

A photo essay on the Farm Manager of the Field and Fork Student Farm. This is part of a photo essay series on the student gardens at the University of Florida (UF). Field and Fork addresses food insecurity on campus by growing produce for the student pantry and giving students opportunities to work and learn ...

Cultivating Change at UF’s Field and Fork Farm and Gardens

A photo essay about the University of Florida's Field and Fork Farm and Gardens. This photo essay is part of a series about the University of Florida's (UF) Field and Fork farm and gardens. Field and Fork addresses food insecurity on campus by growing produce for the student pantry and giving students opportunities to work ...

Policy and Food Security with Commissioner Anna Prizzia

A photo essay about the founder of the student gardens at the University of Florida. This photo essay is part of a series about the University of Florida's (UF) Field and Fork farm and gardens. Field and Fork addresses food insecurity on campus by growing produce for the student pantry and giving students opportunities to ...

Boundless Science: Season Two

Listen to our latest Boundless Science: Season Two podcast series. Listen here! In our podcast series called Boundless Science, you can explore the limitless wonders of science topics you might be curious about and the fascinating stories and unique careers of scientists all over the world.

Cultivating Wellness: Nurturing Plants and People

The Streaming Science Project in the University of Florida’s Department of Agricultural Education and Communication (UFAEC) has partnered with UF's Wilmot Botanical Gardens to offer live electronic field trips for schools and after school programs. Students will explore the powerful connection between plants and wellbeing, discovering the therapeutic benefits of horticulture while learning sustainable gardening practices. ...

Sustainable Solutions: From Guelph to Gainesville

The Streaming Science Project in the University of Florida’s Department of Agricultural Education and Communication (UFAEC) has partnered with the University of Guelph Ontario Agricultural College (OAC) to bring you insightful discussions with leading OAC scientists, students, alumni, and partners. Find out more about our latest podcast series and listen to the episodes here: https://streamingscience.com/sustainable-solutions-from-guelph-to-gainesville/

 Exploring Dr. Jason Scheffler’s Impact on The UF Department of Animal Sciences

These project are part of our Boundless Science photo essay series. Dr. Jason Scheffler is a faculty member at the University of Florida's Institue of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Department of Animal Sciences. Dr. Scheffler's passion for food science and food safety brought him to his position at the University of Florida, where he ...

Forgotten Ecology: Dr. Adams and Restoration Ecology

These project are part of our Boundless Science photo essay series and were created in partnership with the University of Florida's Plant Science Program. Dr. Carrie Adams is an Associate Professor and researcher at the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Department of Environmental Horticulture. Dr. Adams educational journey and research interests ...

 Therapeutic Horticulture Program at The University of Florida With Leah Diehl

These project are part of our Boundless Science photo essay series and were created in partnership with the University of Florida's Plant Science Program. Leah Diehl is the Director of Therapeutic Horticulture at the University of Florida's Wilmot Gardens. Diehl coordinates Therapeutic Horticulture Program's for individuals dealing with different issues and illnesses. Diehl is conducting ...

 Rooted In Conservation: University of Florida’s Native Plant Nursery

These project are part of our Boundless Science photo essay series and were created in partnership with the University of Florida's Plant Science Program. Gage LaPierre is a University of Florida Institue of Food and Agricultural Sciences Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences. Lapierre also serves as the manager for ...

The Plant Science Major In A Nutshell

These project are part of our Boundless Science photo essay series and were created in partnership with the University of Florida's Plant Science Program. Dr. Dina Liebowitz is the Plant Science Program Director at the University of Florida. Dr. Liebowitz passion for plants, the science of food, and her diverse academic and professional background make ...

Challenges Facing Cedar Key Waterways

This project is part of our "Stepping Outside the Classroom" series. Here University of Florida Honors Program students explored Florida's Nature Coast in Cedar Key to learn about climate change impacts, coastal conservation, and science communication through an experiential learning experience called the Uncommon Classroom Experience. University of Florida undergraduate student Emily Wilson shared their ...

Rising Tides in Florida’s Nature Coast

This project is part of our "Stepping Outside the Classroom" series. Here University of Florida Honors Program students explored Florida's Nature Coast in Cedar Key to learn about climate change impacts, coastal conservation, and science communication through an experiential learning experience called the Uncommon Classroom Experience. University of Florida undergraduate student Jackson O'Neill shared their ...

Resilience in Cedar Key

This project is part of our "Stepping Outside the Classroom" series. Here University of Florida Honors Program students explored Florida's Nature Coast in Cedar Key to learn about climate change impacts, coastal conservation, and science communication through an experiential learning experience called the Uncommon Classroom Experience. University of Florida undergraduate student Olivia Gust shared their ...

Collaborative Conservation

This project is part of our "Stepping Outside the Classroom" series. Here University of Florida Honors Program students explored Florida's Nature Coast in Cedar Key to learn about climate change impacts, coastal conservation, and science communication through an experiential learning experience called the Uncommon Classroom Experience. University of Florida undergraduate student Campbell Scharer shared their ...

The Key to Resilience

This project is part of our "Stepping Outside the Classroom" series. Here University of Florida Honors Program students explored Florida's Nature Coast in Cedar Key to learn about climate change impacts, coastal conservation, and science communication through an experiential learning experience called the Uncommon Classroom Experience. University of Florida undergraduate student Lana Jackson shared their ...

Exploring the Wonders: A Transformative Educational Experience

This project is part of our "Stepping Outside the Classroom" series. Here University of Florida Honors Program students explored Florida's Nature Coast in Cedar Key to learn about climate change impacts, coastal conservation, and science communication through an experiential learning experience called the Uncommon Classroom Experience. University of Florida undergraduate student Joyce Guo shared their ...

The Town that Surges Back

This project is part of our "Stepping Outside the Classroom" series. Here University of Florida Honors Program students explored Florida's Nature Coast in Cedar Key to learn about climate change impacts, coastal conservation, and science communication through an experiential learning experience called the Uncommon Classroom Experience. University of Florida undergraduate student Hanley Renney shared their ...

Instructional and Communication Technologies

This project is part of our Boundless Science photo essays series. Dr. Peyton Beattie a UF/IFAS Extension Clay County Community Resource Development Agent and shares about her development of digital field experiences (DFEs). This photo essay is focused on how DFEs have become an innovative instructional and communication technology model for extension agents and others ...

Becoming a Science Communicator

This project is part of our Boundless Science photo essays series. Masters graduate from the University of Florida, Bethany Gaffey shares her experience with science communication. Read the article below and click the buttons to learn more about Gaffey's journey. This photo essay was written and created by Matthew Spata a student in the Department ...

Cultivating Boundless Possibilities: AI’s Impact on Agricultural Technology

This project is part of our Boundless Science photo essays series. Dr. Won Suk a Professor of Precision Agriculture at the University of Florida discusses how AI plays a role in agriculture. Read the photo essay below and in online and print formats. This photo essay was written and created by Heather Gavigan a graduate ...

How To Live to 100: UF/IFAS CALS in Ikaria, Greece

This project is part of our Boundless Science photo essays series. Dr. Karla Shelnutt Associate Dean of Extension Engagement at the University of Florida discusses her experiences facilitating a study abroad in Greece on the world's "blue zones." Read the article below to learn how this study abroad connected students with culture and nutrition. This photo ...

UP IN SMOKE: Prescribed Burning Practices

This project is part of our Boundless Science photo essays series. Learn about prescribed burning from Ludie Bond a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Florida. This project discusses the ecological and safety benefits of burning, along with its history and future. Read the article in online and print versions below to learn all things ...

Growing Amaranth in the Sunshine State

This project is part of our Boundless Science photo essays series. Leo Ramsey an undergraduate student majoring in Geography at the University of Florida discusses his Amaranth research in Florida's climate. Click the buttons below to read the online and print versions. This photo essay was written and created by Allee Stover an undergraduate student ...

Solving Florida’s Water Dilemma

This project is part of our Boundless Science photo essays series. Here students interviewed Dr. A.J. Reisinger a researcher at the University of Florida's Urban Ecosystem lab. This project is focused on Dr. Reisinger's research and the water issues occuring in Florida. Read the article below and click the buttons to learn more about Florida ...

Helping Preserve Florida’s Biodiversity

This project is part of our Boundless Science photo essays series. Students interviewed Rashelle Deak a University of Florida Doctoral Candidate in Forest Resources and Conservation. The project is focused Deak's research on an endangered mint species and the work being done towards its conservation and that of other plants and animals in the Florida ...

Stepping Outside the Classroom

This project is part of our Boundless Science photo essays series. Learn how University of Florida professors, Dr. Lisa Lundy and Dr. Jamie Loizzo piloted UF Honors Program Uncommon Classroom undergraduate trip to Florida's Nature Coast in Cedar Key. This photo essay is focused on experiences that occur when students learn outside the classroom. Read ...

Boundless Science Podcasts

We have a new podcast series called Boundless Science to explore the limitless wonders of science topics you might be curious about and the fascinating stories and unique careers of scientists all over the world. Listen to SEASON ONE here: https://streamingscience.com/boundless-science-podcasts

Streaming Strawberries

Our latest electronic field trip (EFT) is called Streaming Strawberries: Breaking down Biotech and Bots. You can learn more, register now, and download the Teacher's Guide on our main website: https://streamingscience.com/streaming-strawberries/

Exploring COVID-19’s Effect on the Scientific Enterprise: A Podcast Ethnography

In this Research Spark, AEC master's graduate Alice Akers takes us through AEC doctoral student Dr. Jacqueline Anelle's podcast ethnography study to explore the major themes of the Streaming Science podcast series: State of the Scientific Enterprise During COVID-19. The study was published in the International Journal of Arts, Humanities, and Social Science: https://doi.org/10.56734/ijahss.v3n9a4 View ...

Labs and Landscapes: Virtual Reality Tours

In this Research Spark, AEC master's student Marisa Crowhurst takes us through AEC doctoral graduate Dr. Whitney Stone's mixed methods study Labs and Landscapes Virtual Reality: Student-Created Forest Conservation Tours for Informal Public Engagement published in the Journal of Applied Communications for the Association for Communication Excellence. The article and its findings were published in 2022: ...

Women in Climate: Podcast Series

Women around the world working in a variety of sectors are searching for solutions to climate change. The Nature Conservancy's Women in Climate Coalition brings together diverse groups of women leaders to collaborate in inclusive innovation labs, facilitated networks, and policy workshops to develop strategies to tackle climate change impacts on areas such as the ...

Food Outcast: Podcast Series

The Reality of Food Insecurity for Graduate International Students Learn more about University of Florida - Agricultural Education and Communication graduate Alice Akers' non-thesis master's podcast series project titled 'Food Outcast.' Listen to the podcasts to learn more about international graduate students' experiences with food insecurity. Visit this page to learn more and listen to ...

University of Florida in Belize: A Digital Field Experience 2022

The University of Florida (UF) Department of Agricultural Education and Communication (AEC) took more than 10 undergraduate and graduate students on a study abroad trip in summer 2022 to Belize. As part of the trip, three students developed a digital field experience (DFE) to connect adult learners in Florida with Belize. You can watch the ...

UF/IFAS Horticultural Sciences Department Teaching Garden

The University of Florida is home to the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) Horticultural Sciences Department's Teaching Garden where students and researchers can experiment with different kinds of agricultural techniques like planting, grafting, trellising, and fertilizing - to name a few examples. UF Department of Agricultural Education and Communication student Maggie Murphy created ...

Social Responsibility in the Soil and Water Sciences: Spotlight on the Everglades Agricultural Area

This photo essay series features the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Everglades Research and Education Center (EREC). Learn about Dr. Jehangir Bhadha, his work, and the social responsibility that soil and water sciences researchers have to the public. Caroline Nickerson developed this solutions-focused photo essay. Caroline is a Ph.D. student ...

Florida Museum of Natural History: Fantastic Fossils Exhibit

Explore a virtual tour of the Science Up Close: Fantastic Fossils exhibit at the Florida Museum of Natural history. The exhibit showcased research and collections, as well as included an interactive area for engaging with scientists while they worked with some of the museum's specimens and objects. To view/interact with the VR tours: Option 1: ...

Wekiwa Springs, Then and Now.

This project is part of our Nature Narrative photo essay series, which focuses on different nature sites in the state of Florida. Students visited their selected sites and gave detailed descriptions of their experiences and the scenery around them, while highlighting aspects of the environment that are important to the state of Florida. Caroline Nickerson is ...

Me and My Beach

This project is part of our Nature Narrative photo essay series, which focuses on different nature sites in the state of Florida. Students visited their selected sites and gave detailed descriptions of their experiences and the scenery around them, while highlighting aspects of the environment that are important to the state of Florida. Alice's beach ...

The Sanctity and Sanctuary of Sweetwater

This project is part of our Nature Narrative photo essay series, which focuses on different nature sites in the state of Florida. Students visited their selected sites and gave detailed descriptions of their experiences and the scenery around them, while highlighting aspects of the environment that are important to the state of Florida. A bird ...

Nature’s Unconditional Love

This project is part of our Nature Narrative photo essay series, which focuses on different nature sites in the state of Florida. Students visited their selected sites and gave detailed descriptions of their experiences and the scenery around them, while highlighting aspects of the environment that are important to the state of Florida. University of Florida's ...

Social Responsibility in Soil and Water Sciences

How do soil, water, and data scientists come together to investigate critical issues in a socially responsible way? Learn about a USDA-funded collaborative research project underway within the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA). UF/IFAS scientists, graduate students, and post-docs are working together to examine how conservation agricultural practices such as incorporating flooded rice in rotation with ...

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ScienceVoices Discussion

💬 Responsible AI in Agricultural Development As part of the Advancements in Agricultural Develpoment (AAD) AI & Digital Technologies Special Issue, we’re inviting the AAD community to take part in a reflective discussion about the responsible use of AI in agricultural and natural resources social science research. This ScienceVoices dialogue encourages you to think beyond ...

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AI Use in Science Communication

🧠 ScienceVoices Discussion Instructions AI Use in Science Communication In this activity, you will participate in a discussion with our a) ScienceVoices attitude-focused discussion board and b) Cosmo the conversation facilitator. The goal is not to debate who is right or wrong, but to explore how science communicators think through ethical and professional decisions related ...

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Field y Futuro

📢 Instrucciones para los participantes Por favor, lea cuidadosamente la siguiente afirmación: “La comunicación científica efectiva depende más de las relaciones interpersonales que del conocimiento técnico.” Indique qué tanto está de acuerdo o en desacuerdo con la afirmación. No hay respuestas correctas o incorrectas. Nos interesa conocer su opinión personal y su experiencia. Responda de ...

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Microscopic Marvels

Let's dialogue about science! ScienceVoices by The Streaming Science Project is a participatory science communication initiative that invites YOU to listen, reflect, and engage with diverse perspectives on scientific topics. Through mini-documentaries, electronic field trips, and interactive media, ScienceVoices highlights the voices of scientists, community members, and learners. The project aims to foster inclusive dialogue ...