** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** THE AGRICULTURE MICROBIOME PROGRAM (AMP) WILL INTRODUCE NINTH AND TENTH GRADE STUDENTS AND STEM TEACHERS TO THE MICROBIOME SCIENCES THAT PROMISE TO IMPROVE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AND REDUCE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF AGRICULTURE. THIS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY DEVELOPING AND PRESENTING ITERATIVE AND INTERACTIVE, VIRTUAL CURRICULUM MODULES AND HANDS ON SUMMER CAMP CURRICULUM, THAT WILL CULTIVATE PARTICIPANT INTEREST IN AGRICULTURE MICROBIOME RESEARCH AND THE TECHNOLOGY AND APPROACHES THAT UNDERPINS THIS SCIENCE. THE SCIENCE CURRICULUM WILL INCLUDE PARTICIPATION IN ONGOING MICROBIOME RESEARCH PROJECTS. ALL AMP PARTICIPANTS WILL THEN BE NURTURED AND GUIDED TO DEVELOP INDIVIDUALIZED AUDIENCE-FRIENDLY AGRICULTURAL MICROBIOME SCIENCE EXTENSION PRESENTATIONS USING AMP CONTENT, THAT THEY WILL USE TO EDUCATE THEIR COMMUNITY AUDIENCES THAT THEY CHOSE IN A NON-FORMAL LEARNING FORUM. ALL PARTICIPANTS WILL ALSO BE TRAINED AND REQUIRED TO EVALUATE THEIR AMP EXTENSION PROGRAMS. AMP WILL COMPLEMENTAND BUILD UPON THE SUCCESS OF OK 4-H STEM PROGRAMS, THE OK 4-H INNOVATE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT, AND THE OKLAHOMA REGENTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION SUMMER ACADEMIESILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS AND THE PUBLIC FROM AN AMP WEBSITE AS WILL INFORMATION AND EXAMPLES THAT CAN BE USED TO HELP THE GENERAL PUBLIC CREATE THEIR OWN PROGRAMS THAT CONNECT MICROBIOME RESEARCH WITH AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE ADVANCES.

Oklahoma State University, Stillwater OK

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