4-H Enrichment Programs
2005 - 2006

KIDS & KASH is a four issue consumer education newsletter which can be used in the classroom or at home. KIDS & KASH will help students learn the factors affecting a purchase decision, understand the process of making a consumer complaint, distinguish between wants and needs and recognize the influence of advertising on purchase decisions.

Grade level: 4 - 7

Cost: $20 / classroom

Program materials provided: KIDS & KASH newsletters and teachers guide

Students will learn parts of an insect, insect identification, how to collect insects and how insects affect our lives.

Grade Level: 2 - 12

Cost: $20 / classroom

Program materials provided: Catch the Bug leader’s guide and student project books.

FOOD, LAND AND PEOPLE is a curriculum of agricultural literacy. FOOD, LAND AND PEOPLE includes 40 teaching units on topics from insects to farm animals, plants to composting, environment to population growth, food and fiber production to global connections, consumer behavior to public policy and many more.

Grade levels: pre-K - 12

Cost: $20 / classroom

Program materials provided: Topic of interest worksheets, handouts and visuals.

Wild Over Work “WOW” focuses on skills that children need to develop today in order to succeed in the work world in the future.

My Future Is What I Make It – The world of work is a complicated jigsaw puzzle that challenges youth as they make important decisions about their future. “My Future Is What I Make It” helps youth explore their career options.

Get Ready, Get Set, Get a Job - Getting a job in today’s work world requires more than desire. It takes skills. This project helps participants develop the skill of selling yourself to an employer. “Get Ready, Get Set, Get a Job” helps participants learn how to fill out an employment application and interview successfully.

Grade level: 1 – 12

Cost: $20 / classroom

Program materials provided: Program leader’s guide and student project books.

By using an incubator, managing the incubation process and hatching chicks, children will learn the parts of an egg, how an embryo develops and how to care for newly hatched chicks.

Grade level: 2 - 6

Cost: $20 / classroom

Program materials provided: Leader’s guide, student manuals, incubator and slide set or videotape. **Can provide you with sources for fertilized eggs.

This project explores the basics of rocketry through a variety of hands-on experiments. Members are also encouraged to apply what they learned through the design, construction and launching of rockets.

Grade level: 5 - 12

Cost: $20 / classroom

Program materials provided: Leader’s guide and student project guide. Compliment this program with a series of videotaped programs from NASA. Available from the Extension Office.

This is a positive, even fun approach to the serious subject of conflict. The entertaining video stories and fun activities help you teach children some basic skills in three areas related to working out problems without violence: Keeping anger under control, respecting other people’s points of view and communicating effectively to resolve arguments.

Grade level: 2 - 5

Cost: $20 / classroom

Program materials provided: Leader’s guide, activity sheets and TALKING WITH TJ video.

WILDLIFE IS ALL AROUND US will introduce students to the major groups of wildlife, their basic requirements, and where they can be found. By working through the projects presented in these units, members will increase their awareness of the animals around them and the signs and clues they leave behind.

Grade level: 2 - 6

Cost: $20 / classroom

Program materials provided: Leader's guide and student project books.

ENDANGERED WILDLIFE will give students a broad understanding of both the causes and the consequences of species extinction. It also encourages them to become aware of practices worldwide and in their own lives that affect the plants and animals around them.

Grade level: 7 – 12

Cost: $20 / classroom

Program materials provided: Leader’s guide and student project books.