4-H National Youth Science Day Online Course and Digital Badge

4-H National Youth Science Day Online Course and Digital Badge
Youth can now obtain online recognition of their learning experience in the 2014 National Youth Science Day experiment! An open online course is being offered through the efforts of the For Youth, For Life Learning Network in collaboration with 4-H in Alabama and Arizona. The “course” will be open for enrollment on September 22 and will begin on October 1 for individual learners participating in the 2014 NYSD "Rockets to the Rescue" experiment. Young people may enroll in the course and upon completion of a brief survey receive a digital badge as an online recognition of learning achievement.

4-H National Youth Science Day (NYSD) is an exciting, interactive learning experience that engages thousands of youth across the country in conducting the National Science Experiment. The national 4-H NYSD event will take place on October 8, 2014 in Washington, D.C.

The University of Arizona developed the 2014 National Science Experiment: Rockets to the Rescue! Learn more about this exciting activity which focuses on aerospace engineering.

Science kits for the 2014 National Science Experiment are available for purchase - buy now from the 4-H Mall.


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State Fair of Texas Livestock Show update

From the State Fair of Texas. If you are showing please read!!!
=Stalling and tie-outs will be assigned upon arrival. If you want to stall with someone, please haul together or be together in line. That will help the superintendent's get the stalling together and you in the barn quicker!
=They will have an exhibitor hospitality area set up in staging and open during peak arrival times. You may pick-up parking and gate passes at this location or purchase any additional.
=Market and Prospect Steer entries are at a record number, please limit the amount of tack, feed, etc.
=We also have the second highest number of barrow entries. DON'T forget your dividers! Barrows will be stalled 3 to 4 per pen.


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County Fair Commercial Heifer and Market Steer entry Deadline

IMPORTANT NOTE!! November 4th at 6pm at the Risinger Vet Clinic in Terrell is the Deadline to pay entry fees for the market steers that were validated in June. You only paid to tag in...you will need to fill out an entry sheet and pay the extra entry fee. Also this is also tag in and entry for commercial heifers for the county fair and any market steers that you did not tag in June 

4-H Photography project online lessons

Everyone has a phone today that takes pictures and the wonders of taking pictures with a camera has been put to the side with everyone's busy schedule.  In the next few months we will visit the world of photography. There will be the opportunity to share your adventures on the blog and Facebook sites.

• Recognize photography as a useful hobby and potential profession.


• Observe and appreciate surroundings through the eye of the camera.


• Develop and apply technical and artistic skills in film-based and digital photography.


• Learn about photography as an art, a science and a communication tool.


• Record events, ideas and situations for study or reference.

The first great opportunity for all the age groups is coming this December.   Schedule to prepare for the District IV 4-H Contest

• 4-H Connect registration opens December 7, 2014


• 4-H Connect registration closes midnight, December 31, 2014


• 4-H Connect late registration opens January 1, 2015, and will close at midnight January 7, 2015


• Judging will take place between January 1 and January 31


• Results will be emailed to County Extension Offices


• Awards will be distributed to County Extension Offices

Age-Age divisions are determined by a participant’s age as of September 1 of the current 4-H year.  Age divisions for this contest are:

Junior - 8 and in the 3^rd grade, 9, or 10

Intermediate - 11, 12, or 13

Senior - 14, 15, 16, 17, or 18

4-H Projects

• Farm & Ranch


• Food


• Leading Lines


• Panorama


• Shadow


• Silhouette


• Water (any form)

Descriptions are outlined on the District IV website 

http://d44-h.tamu.edu/district-events/photography/

First challenge.  New Mexico State Extension has an awesome online tutorial at...

http://aces.nmsu.edu/4h/photography/index.html

Got to this page and take the scavenger hunt challenge with your digital camera. Email me the results. And we will post the results to the pages!

http://aces.nmsu.edu/4h/photography/downloads/handouts/day1_handout.pdf

139 days to the 4H Food Showdown!!

The county food showdown will be here before we know it!!!  On February 7th, 2015 at the Kaufman County Extension office we will host the County Food show. Here is some dates of importance for the event...



November 8th, 2014 - Out of the Box day

 We will have workshops on Soap Making, Freezer Preserves, and Fall Photos.

January 17th, 2015 - Food Show Orientation & Training

January 30th, 2015 - County Food Show sign up. Call into the extension office

February 7th, 2015 - County Food Show and Food Challenge

February 15th, 2015 - Deadline for District Food Show and Food Challenge on 4H Connect

March 6th, 2015 - District IV 4-H Food Show and Food Challenge - TAMU Commerce

Food Show basics. To compete in the Food Show, a 4-H member prepares a dish in one of the four entry categories—
protein, fruit & vegetable, grains, dairy. (Refer to the district 4-H Food Show guidelines or ask the Katie Phillips, Kaufman County FCS agent) Once the recipe is selected, the 4-H member
should practice preparing the dish several times to learn the preparation steps and the importance of each step. Project
leaders can help members select recipes and practice preparing them. 

To prepare for this fun event we will have posts from leaders, teen leaders, and the extension office to help you with fun activities at your home, your club meeting or get some of your friends together to take a trip to the local grocery store.   You will have several chances to post your adventures on the blog or the 4-H Facebook page!



FIRST STEP. KNOW YOUR PLATE!


Go to the USDA site to learn how to make a great MyPlate

http://www.choosemyplate.gov/food-groups/downloads/TenTips/DGTipsheet1ChooseMyPlate.pdf



Let's have some fun!!!



MyPlate Design Challenge – create a plate showing a “MyPlate meal” with foods from each of the five food groups. We will be looking for the best picture select that portrays the MyPlate message (for example, pictures where all five food groups are depicted, where half the plate is fruits and vegetables, or where foods lower in solid fats, added sugars, and sodium are shown). Once these pictures are selected, members can be invited to vote for their favorite. The winning pictures will be printed and hung outside the 4-H office. Make sure you send with the picture your age and name so that we get the right picture to the right person!  Send pictures to cl-sharp@tamu.edu.

Robotics Online Course for CEAs, Leaders and Members Offered this Fall.

Texas Tech has graciously offered to conduct a FREE online robotics course for our Texas 4-H adults and members. Individuals will learn the basics of building and programming the Lego Mindstorm EV3 robot. Details and instructions for signing up please contact the extension office and we will forward the information.



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Location:Free online robotic course from Texas Tech

The Texas 4-H Youth Development Program is excited to announce another exciting event during National 4-H Week. This one includes an opportunity for 4-H youth and adults to visit the NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas for a fun-filled day of educational experiences in the aerospace and rocketry project. The Texas 4-H Program has partnered with NASA’s Summer of Innovation and the Texas A&M University Department of Geology to select up to 30 4-H members and adults to take an educational tour of Johnson Space Center on Wednesday, October 8, 2014.

This event will coincide with the 4-H National Day of Science and the 2014 science project of “Rockets to the Rescue.” Selected participants will be led on a guided tour beginning at Space Center Houston, then toured through a variety of areas of the NASA field center. Throughout the day the participants may have the opportunity to meet with scientists and engineers working on NASA’s major projects and/or current and former astronaut crewmembers. The end of the experience will include the youth and adults coming together into teams to build their own “Rocket’s to the Rescue” rocket and launch from the grounds of NASA Johnson Space Center.

The contest is open to all 4-H members in grades 6th to 12th, adult volunteers, and County Extension Agents in Texas. To apply, applicants will complete three simple questions online at: http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/rocketessay. Each question is limited to 300 charters and the questions are:
The Orion Spacecraft is a new era in space travel for the United States. It is a part of NASA’s new space launch system will allow people to travel beyond any limits we have been before to such places as Mars. In your opinion, why are projects such as the Orion Project important to our country and world?
As a 4-H member/adult in Texas and having an interest in the areas of science, technology, and/or rocketry, how do you think 4-H can play a part in the Orion Project?

If you were an astronaut and selected to fly on a Orion, what type of experiment would you like to conduct in space and why would you choose that particular experiment?

Rules for the contest are:
Entries are now being accepted at: texas4-h.tamu.edu/rockets.
All entries must be submitted online.
Up to 30 youth and adults will be selected from across Texas in order to represent all geographic areas of Texas and 4-H membership.
Youth and adult selected are responsible for their own travel and expenses to and from the NASA Johnson Space Center.
Only those youth and adults selected can attend the NASA Johnson Space Center experiences. Any parents, siblings, and/or spouses can visit Space Center Houston, Galveston Island, or other local venues during the time of the event.

You may be required to provide a photo id for the JSC tour.

Contest will close on Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at midnight.

Winners will be notified via email on Friday, September 26th.

This is a great opportunity for our 4-H members to become highly engaged in the area of rocketry and aerospace, as well as an opportunity to recognize and train 4-H volunteers and agents in an exciting new project for either community clubs or SPIN 4-H Clubs.



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Location:TOO COOL!! Blast Off to Johnson Space Center Contest!