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Virginia Cooperative Extension (VCE) is an educational outreach program of Virginia's land-grant universities: Virginia Tech and Virginia State University. The goal of the VCE Speakers Bureau is to connect youth with VCE experts on a wide range of topics. These experts will convey research-based information to your students and enhance your students' learning. These presentations are open to school classrooms, 4-H Clubs, and homeschool groups and are offered at no cost. After viewing the list of presentation offerings below, you can request a virtual visit with one of our speakers, by filling out this registration form.
Phil Blevins, Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension Agent will teach students the importance of honeybees and an overview of beekeeping. This presentation is for students in grades K-5 and is 30 minutes long.
Dr. Erica Feuerbacher, Professor at Virginia Tech, will go over in simple terms how to use rewards (positive reinforcement) to train dogs to do tricks and behave better. She will also tie this into how we can interact with other humans better using these same approaches--telling people what we like about what they do, saying thank you etc. There will be plenty of dog videos! This presentation is for students in grades K-5 and is 30 minutes long.
Dr. Erica Feuerbacher, Professor at Virginia Tech, will go over how dogs communicate, what their warning signals are, and how to stay safe around dogs. This presentation is for students in grades K-5 and is 30 - 45 minutes long.
When we place children in the care of other adults, we trust they will be safe; but we know we cannot be totally sure. When a supposedly trusted authority figure tells a child to do something wrong, it is a confusing and potentially dangerous experience. Dr. Eric Kaufman, Professor at Virginia Tech, will introduce students to an age-appropriate strategy for intelligent disobedience. The intention is to teach the children how to make sensible decisions about instructions that they are given by adults. This presentation is for students in grades K-5 and is 15 - 30 minutes long.
In this presentation, Lenah Nguyen, 4-H Extension Agent will teach participants will about tree anatomy, the importance of forestry products in their everyday lives, and the differences between renewable and non-renewable resources. This presentation can be delivered to any K- 12 classroom but targets SOL 4.8 - Virginia's Watersheds and Natural Resources. This presentation is 30 minutes long.
Jeremy Daubert and Cynthia Martel, Dairy Science Extension Agents, can talk to your students on just about any topic related to Dairy Science. They can present to any students in grades K-12 and speak for 15 - 30 minutes.
Michael Carter Jr., Small Farm Resource Center Coordinator at Virginia State University introduces students to the multitude of contributions by people of African descent to agriculture. This presentation can be adapted for students from grades K -12 and can be 30 - 60 minutes long.
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