Success StoryAquaponics Creates Interest in Aquaculture Careers



Aquaponics Creates Interest in Aquaculture Careers

Author: Casey Townsend

Planning Unit: KSU Administration

Major Program: Agriculture

Plan of Work: Unrelated to a specified County Plan of Work

Outcome: Intermediate Outcome

2nd Street School Recap

A local partnership was developed between Kentucky State University 4-H and 2nd Street School.  Casey Townsend, Brian Walker, Danielle Kinder, Chelsea Walling, Janelle Hager, and Gifted Coordinator, Gretchen Vaught planned the program together.    The goal was to reach a maximum of 25 middle schools students at the Rosenwald Center for 4-H Youth Development for a 5- week period to develop their own experimental designs with the Back to the Roots system.  The Harmony System was utilized in addition as an extended lesson.  During the 5th week of instruction, the students visited the Aquaculture Research Center to see explore careers in the Aquatics industry.  The vision is to follow these students over the years to come and develop a pipeline of them into the Aquatic Sciences programs at Kentucky State University.  

2nd Street School Success Story and Survey Results

On March 7, 2023, 22 participants completed a pre-post survey after their visit to the Aquaculture Research Center.  They rated their interest on a scale of 1-5 stars, with 1 being the lowest and 5 being the highest.  Students rated their interest in learning about Aquaculture 2.48 Stars before the program verses 3.50 stars afterwards.  Their interest in pursuing a degree for Aquaculture was rated 1.64 stars before the program verses 2.76 stars afterwards.  Their interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics was rated 2.82 stars before the program verses 3.59 stars afterwards.






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