2010 4-H National Youth Science Day
The third annual 4-H National Youth Science Day will be held on Wednesday, October 6, 2010. Created to combat a shortage of American young people pursuing science college majors and careers, 4-H National Youth Science Day seeks to spark an early youth interest and leadership in science. 4-H’s year-round, out-of-school programming is developed by our nation’s 109 Land-grant Universities and is implemented through the 3,100 local Cooperative Extension offices.

Experiment to Focus on Water Quality
The 2010 National Science Experiment, 4-H2O, will focus on water quality and climate change – two very important issues facing our global community. Designed by North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, the experiment will use a three-tiered model to engage youth of all ages to learn how carbon dioxide can affect aquatic organisms. Additional materials will be available in late May. Have a question? Email us at 4-HNYSD@4-H.org.
Did You Know?
Fossil fuels are depleted at a rate that is 100,000 times faster than they are formed.
In 1908, Henry Ford produced the Model T as a flexible fuel vehicle. It could run on ethanol, gasoline, or a combination of the two.
The Energy Policy Act of 2005 ensured that gasoline contain a minimum volume of renewable fuel.
Today, roughly half of the gasoline sold in the United States includes 5–10% ethanol.
There are almost 8 million flexible fuel vehicles (FFV) on U.S. roads today, but many FFV owners don't know their vehicle is one.
Since 2007, the Department of Energy has announced over $1 billion in multi-year biofuels research and development projects.
AÂ high-protein animal feed, known as Distiller's Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS), is produced in the process of making ethanol from corn.
