4-H School Enrichment Programs
4-H School Enrichment Programs
The following are a list of the available programs and their descriptions....
Acorns To Oaks
· Designed for grades 4th—6th
· Curriculum has 4 units with 2 lessons in each unit.
· Integrates concepts of plant science into easy-to-use science, language arts and math lessons.
Beans About Water
· Designed for grades 5th—7th
· A 4 lesson curriculum.
· Uses the plentiful soybean as a tool to study the properties of water and changes in matter.
Breads of Harvest
· Designed for grades 3rd and 4th
· A 3 unit curriculum.
· Explores the science, nutrition and history of bread making since the pilgrims.
Field of Genes
· Designed for grades K—12
· Teaches about the wonders & complexity of life.
· Provides research-based information to challenge youth to make their own informed decisions.
Fishy Science
· Designed for grades 3rd—5th
· A 4 lesson curriculum.
· Teaches how fish swim, breathe, their sensory features and their adaptation to water.
Getting Into A Food Mood
· Designed for grades 3rd—10th
· The curriculum has 3 chapters with 3 to 4 activities in each.
· Teaches about where our food comes from, how we view it and how we are assuring the future populations will be fed.
GO Plants
· Designed for grades 3rd and 4th
· This is a 5 week, five lesson unit that focuses on a specific part of the plant each week.
· This curriculum includes planting, growing and maintaining plant materials.
Growing Together
· Designed for grades 3rd and 4th
· A 10 unit curriculum.
· Teaches horticulture to young people.
The Incredible Egg
· Designed for grades 3rd—5th
· A 4 lesson curriculum.
· Addresses the parts of an egg and its nutritive value.
Pizza Garden: An Agricultural Adventure
· Designed for grades 3rd—5th
· An 8 lesson curriculum.
· This curriculum provides a foundation for youth to learn about various agricultural products that are used to produce the pizza they often consume.
Science Discovery Series 1 & 2
· Designed for grades 3rd—6th
· The series offers over 10 lessons in a variety of areas that are science based like whales, rocks and minerals, water quality, trees, recycling, meteorology, spiders, oceanography and space exploration.
· The goal of the two curricula is to provide lessons that make science fun.
SPLASH2O
· Designed for grades 3rd—6th
· A Science-based Program for Learning About Society and H2O.
Team Up For Good Nutrition
· Designed for grades 3rd and 4th
· The curriculum has 15 lessons with each one addressing Ohio Proficiency Learner Outcomes.
· Goal of the program is to improve the health of children by empowering them to choose a variety of foods, eat more grains, vegetables and fruits and construct a diet lower in fat.
Weather Together
· Designed for grades 3rd—5th
· This is a 5 week, 5 lesson unit.
· Explores the influence of sunlight, gravity and moisture on the atmosphere and the interaction of these influences which creates weather.
If you found a program that interests you please print out the PREFERENCE SHEET and submit it to Andrea by fax at 393-0126, by email at daubenmier.7@osu.edu, by phone at 397-0401 or by mail at PO Box 1268, Mount Vernon, Ohio, 43050.
