Virginia Tech KTU Feb. 22nd hands-on activities!

Fitness and Nutrition For Kids- hosted by Fitness and Nutrition Club at Virginia Tech

Being active and eating healthy can be fun and educational! It is really important for kids to learn at an early age the benefits of a healthy lifestyle that incorporates good nutrition with physical activity. We will have activities showing them fun and easy exercises they can do anywhere and tips on how to make healthy snack choices. There will be fun snacks offered and games on portion control and nutritional value of some of kid's favorite foods, among other games and activities. Getting 30-60 minutes of exercise a day doesn't have to be boring. We will show kids how to be active, even when the weather isn't cooperating outside.

We are the Fitness and Nutrition Club at Virginia Tech. Our goals are to provide fun activites for college students and the surrounding community to stay active and make healthy choices. We are a volunteer based organization and are very involved in surrounding elementary schools, helping to teach kids the importance of a healthy lifestyle.

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Looking Down is Looking Up: Why do we work with aerial photography?  -- Geography and Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation

Geospatial tools, which include geographic information systems (GIS), global positioning systems (GPS), and remote sensing, provide us with a new understanding of the earth. In this activity, participants will use GIS to identify changes on the earth’s surface. We will examine aerial photography from two different time periods, and students will explore, estimate, and measure general changes in land use during these two periods. Students will also be exposed to basic remote sensing interpretation skills. Observing these kinds of changes helps us understand how landscape changes influence our local communities and environments. These data provide communities with the necessary information to plan for the future, and mitigate the impacts associated with these changes.

This hands-on activity is being led by faculty from the Department of Geography  and the Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation,Ph.D. student in Geospatial and Environmental Analysis and Geography and Meteorology students. This activity is co-sponsored by the Virginia Geospatial Extension Program and VirginiaView.