Farm To Stream: Water Quality Technology Virtual Field Trip

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High School
Middle School

September 23, 2024
10 a.m. -10:45 a.m. (ET)

Middle and high school environmental science, biology and life science teachers: virtually connect your classroom to a working Ohio farm. Stream live as Farmers Ben and Stephanie Bowsher discuss sustainable water quality practices.

Your classes will see how they:

  1. prevent nutrient runoff to protect Lake Erie
  2. responsibly manage water in their fields using tiles
  3. employ precision agriculture techniques with drone technology

Submit your questions for the Bowshers to address during this LIVE 45-minute Zoom visit.

Students will:

  • Know…the importance of protecting water quality
  • Understand…how tiling protects the watershed from runoff
  • Be able to…talk knowledgeably about the ways precision agriculture benefits farmers, consumers and the environment

Register for this virtual field trip and receive a recording you can play on-demand for multiple classes.

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