Program name: Kentucky Master Logger Training
Field station name: University of Kentucky Robinson Forest
Outreach program type: Lecture(s)
Years active: 16+ years
Frequency: Upon request
Course credit: No
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Outreach program characteristics
[✓ = applies to this outreach program, ✗ = does not apply to this outreach program]
Outreach Goals
- ✗ Build community
- ✓ Disseminate place-based knowledge and/or skills
- ✓ Encourage conservation or environmental stewardship
- ✗ Inspire curiosity
- ✗ Make field station resources available to the public
- ✗ Promote STEM careers
- ✗ Raise awareness of the field station's work
- ✗ Raise money
- ✓ Reach a particular audience
- ✓ Teach about the environment generally
- ✗ Teach researchers how to communicate with the public
Approaches for Learner Engagement
Strands of Informal Science Learning
Outreach Content
All topics are directly tied to the place where the program is situated.
- ✗ Animals
- ✗ Archeology
- ✗ Art
- ✗ Astronomy
- ✗ Biodiversity
- ✗ Biology
- ✗ Botany
- ✗ Chemistry
- ✗ Climate
- ✗ Conservation
- ✗ Ecology
- ✗ Ecosystems
- ✗ Engineering
- ✓ Environment
- ✗ Environmental Philosophy
- ✗ Evolution
- ✓ Field Science
- ✗ Fungi
- ✗ General Science
- ✗ Genetics
- ✗ Geographic Information Systems
- ✓ Land management
- ✗ Leadership
- ✗ Learning about Technology
- ✗ Limnology
- ✗ Marine Science
- ✗ Mathematics
- ✓ Microorganisms
- ✗ Natural History
- ✗ Paleontology
- ✗ Physics
- ✗ Plants
- ✓ Preservation
- ✗ Science Communication
- ✗ Social Sciences
- ✗ STEM Career Awareness
- ✗ Using Technology
- ✓ Water
- ✗ Other
Outreach program implementation and planning
People Involved
Leaders
5 program leader(s):
- ✗ Professional scientists
- ✗ Graduate students
- ✓ Professional educators
- ✗ Field station staff
- ✗ Volunteers
- ✗ Other
Scientists have the following roles:
- ✗ Organizers
- ✓ Teachers/Facilitators
- ✗ Participants
- ✗ Guest speakers
- ✗ Content reviewers
- ✗ Not involved
- ✗ Other
Leaders have the following credentials:
- ✓ Formal training in education (a university degree)
- ✓ Formal training in science (a university degree)
- ✗ Teaching experience (K-12 or University)
- ✗ Relevant certification
- ✗ None
- ✗ Other
Leaders are prepared in the following ways:
- ✗ One day or less of training
- ✗ Apprenticeship
- ✓ Self-taught or learned from experience
- ✗ Trained in communicating science
- ✓ Trained in educational practices
- ✓ Scientific training
- ✗ No training
- ✗ Other
Participants
NA participants on average per event.
Participants are recruited in the following ways
- ✗ Word of mouth/flyers around town
- ✗ Schools (any type)
- ✗ Social media (e.g., Facebook, Instagram, Twitter)
- ✗ Organizational communication (e.g., listservs, newsletters, emails, pamphlets)
- ✗ Free local media (e.g., radio)
- ✗ Paid advertisements (e.g., newspapers, journals)
- ✗ Partnership with a particular group
- ✗ Other
Participants are from the following demographics:
- ✗ Youth (under 14 years)
- ✗ High School Students
- ✗ University Students
- ✗ Graduate Students
- ✗ Adults (18 years and older)
- ✗ All ages/Families
- ✗ Retirees
- ✗ Professionals
- ✗ Other
The following groups are recruited:
- ✗ Hispanic or Latinx
- ✗ African American/Black
- ✗ American Indian
- ✗ Alaska Native
- ✗ Pacific-Islander-American
- ✗ Urban, low income community
- ✗ Rural, low income community
- ✗ Immigrant community
- ✗ Persons with disabilities
- ✗ Women/girls
- ✗ Men/boys
- ✗ Other