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.

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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.

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The 2009 Experiment was designed in conjunction with the
University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension and Wisconsin 4-H.

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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.


  • A high-protein animal feed, known as Distiller's Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS), is produced in the process of making ethanol from corn.