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Discover the opportunities! Get involved in 4-H to get involved in countless activities that develop leadership, citizenship, and life skills to reach your full potential. Explore exciting ways to connect with the 4-H community and the rest of the world. Here the you can play interactive games, watch informative videos, and learn how to take action. To get the latest on what 4-H'ers are doing, visit 4-H on Facebook or follow 4-H on Twitter!
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4-H’ers Use Technology to Map Fairgrounds for Emergency Preparedness
 In July, a group of 4-H youth and their families in Grant-Adams County, Washington used cutting edge global positioning technology to prepare their community for future emergencies. The youth used Global Positioning System (GPS) units to collect waypoints at the Grant County Fairgrounds, which has been designated as the statewide emergency relief zone in the event of a catastrophe. A national ESRI grant provided the GIS software and licensing that helped the fairgrounds become a technologically mapped emergency preparedness site.
“The inclusion of GIS at the club level helped prepare the youth in the Grant-Adams area for higher education and employment in the fields of science and engineering,” Diane Russo, Washington State University Extension Grant-Adams. “With valuable skills learned through the 4-H program, youth discovered new interests and professional goals.” They began the day of mapping the fairgrounds with geocaching, a high-tech treasure hunting game that is played using GPS units. For the game, youth and adults teamed up and used coordinates to find treasures, called geocaches and returned them for a prize. This was a fun way to practice using the GPS devices. Following the game, a 4-H leader demonstrated how the GIS program worked and the newly trained parents and youth collected waypoints for data entry. After the waypoints were entered into the system, the information provided was used to generate a map of the Grant County Fairgrounds. Adapted from content submitted by Betsy Fradd, WSU Extension 4-H. |
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2009 National Science Experiment: Biofuel Blast!
On October 7, 2009, millions of American youth explored one of the most important issues facing our nation today -- biofuels. Join throughout the month of October to explore, discover - and have a blast – experimenting with alternative fuels with the Biofuel Blast National Science Experiment!
Visit the 2009 4-H National Youth Science Day page. |
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Visit the 4-H Filmmaking Studio and Workshop! Find workshop videos to help you make your own film. Upload, edit and share your film with others. |
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At 4-H2Online learn about water quality, conservation and watershed issues. Get started by watching "A Day Without Water" to learn more about how you can make an impact in your community! |
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Learn about ATVs, watch videoss, find out what size ATV you should ride, and play games and take quizzes to help you find out how much you know about ATV safety. |
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Nickelodeon is offering grants to teams of extraordinary youth across the nation that are helping to make smart, eco-friendly changes in their home, school and community. |
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Check out the latest Science, Engineering and Technology articles and activites from Cooperative Extension. |
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