QUICKSAND, Ky. — More than 700 elementary students from local schools in Eastern Kentucky and the surrounding areas recently attended the popular Youth Science Day at the University of Kentucky Robinson Center, part of the Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment.
Facilitated by UK Cooperative Extension Service agents, community members and staff at the Robinson Center, Youth Science Day gave elementary students the unique opportunity to learn about the power of science in agriculture at many interactive learning stations. Wagon tours were also available to the Wood Utilization Center and other parts of the Robinson Research Farm to learn about Kentucky’s woodlands and ongoing research with cattle, forages, soybeans and more.
For Chuck Stamper, education program coordinator at the Robinson Center, hosting this annual event continues to be a “special experience” for the young kids and the community.
At events like Youth Science Day, Stamper believes that some of UK Extension’s major educational missions come together perfectly, which includes the intersection of agricultural, natural resources, and horticulture; 4-H Youth Development; family and consumer sciences; ...