There is not a cost for schools to participate. The only requirement is for faculty members to complete a 4-H School Enrichment Enrollment form. Enrollment forms will be delivered with the kits. All programs will be delivered to participating schools.
To schedule a program or to find out more about programs that you are
interested in, please feel free to contact the Delaware County Extension
Office at 747-7732.
Exploring
the Food Pyramid with Professor Popcorn
(Grade 4)
Exploring the Food Pyramid with Professor Popcorn is the up-to-date and exciting way to teach nutrition and basic health principles. Use this in school enrichment programs, day or residential camp settings, before- and after-school settings, or 4-H Expanded Food Nutrition Education Program.
Chick It Out: Chick Embryology
(Grades 2-5)
What is more fascinating than to see a fully developed chick emerge from an egg? After three weeks of incubation, a seemingly lifeless chicken egg is developed into an active, peeping chick! The development stages from the egg to the emergence of the chick from the shell are covered in "Chick It Out."
This program includes an incubator, fertile chicken eggs, chicken feed, a teacher's manual, and bulletin board/learning center activities.
Only 3 incubators are available and are reserved on a first come, first serve, one per school basis. An additional learning center is available to check out if you have an incubator. (Any lost, stolen or damaged items will be replaced by the user.)
Indiana's
Water Riches
(Grades
5 & 6)
Indiana's Water Riches studies one of earth's most precious
natural resources - water. A ten minute video segment introduces each
unit. The video segments take place in a television newsroom complete
with an anchor person, reporter, and field "experts". After
viewing the video, the students study an activity tabloid for each unit.
The tabloid activities allow the teacher to evaluate student performance.
The program includes a videotape of five units, one set of five activity
tabloids for each student, "To The Last Drop" board game, plus
a teacher's guide. The five unit topics include the following: Water Use;
The Water Cycle; Surface and Groundwater, Water Pollution; and Water Conservation.
Gee
Whiz in Agriculture
(Grades
4-6)
This program teaches students in the areas of basic math, the metric system, scientific methods, agronomy, anatomy, animal science, aquaculture, and many others. This is a good supplement to the Farm Festival Tours.
Included in the program are a series of six 30-minute exciting lessons
with VHS video tapes, teachers' guides and student activity sheets. The
titles and topics for this interesting series are:
_"Why Can a Cow Eat Grass?"
_"Wood You Take Care of Me?"
_"What's Bugging You?"
_"Why do Horses Run so Fast?"
_"How Do You Grow a Fish Sandwich?"
_"From Moo to You?"
A
Perfect Fit
(Grades K-8)
4-H encourages interaction in social and educational settings between
individuals with and without disabilities. The benefits of all children
working together include: the opportunity for members to interact with
youth whom they perceive to be different; a chance for members to accept
others for who they are and not for their differences; and the opportunity
for members to grow as people by focusing on strengths, developing more
positive attitudes, and removing prejudices, while attaining a greater
sense of achievement and positive self-image. This program includes a
video, games and activities, and a disability awareness activity guide.
Exploring
4-H
(Grades
K-3)
Specifically designed for use in small groups, after school childcare programs, or camps. This exciting curriculum contains fun, hands-on activities that are designed to meet the developmental needs of the six to nine year old. Students learn how dinosaurs ate, why planes fly, where animals live, what causes pollution, and much more. The curriculum has twenty-one theme topics, each containing five sessions of projects and activities.
Talking
with T.J.
( Grades
2-4)
Blue
Sky Below My Feet
(Grades
4-6)
This stimulating introduction to the world of science and technology uses the latest, research-based space technologies to teach skills for daily living on earth. Many developments from the space program are used by people today.
All three videos are 28:30 minutes in length. The videos concentrate on gravity and forces; fiber and fabric; and nutrition, food and fitness.
Windowsill
Gardening
(Grades
K-2)
Do you need a large area to grow plants? Not really...if you use the "Windowsill Gardening" approach. This activity begins with students planting seed in a unique greenhouse made from materials you can find in the kitchen.
The students are able to follow the germination of a seed and growth of a plant. A great hands-on experience! "Windowsill Gardening" includes peat pellets, greenhouse materials, and activity sheets for students to further explore plant science.
Classroom
Resources
(All Grades)
Livestock/Small
Animal Curriculum - The manuals
are full of hands-on activities that allow youth to explore livestock
with (or without) owning an animal. A set of three manuals is available
for the following species:
Small Pets Dog Cat
Beef Dairy Sheep
Swine Goats Horse
Poultry Rabbits
Mini 4-H Manuals - Developed by an eleven county team, Mini 4-H manuals offer age-appropriate, activity-based project guides geared for grades K-2. Fifteen project areas are available: Bicycle; Collections; Crafts; Dinosaurs; Farm Animals; Foods; Forestry; Gardening; My Pet and Me; Models; Plants & Flowers; Sewing; Sun, Stars & Space; Whales & Dolphins; and Wildlife Adventure.
Soil & Water Conservation - Looking for curriculum to accompany science, conservation, recycling units, or science fair projects? The 4-H Soil & Water Conservation manuals may be for you!
Other
Curriculum Needs - Purdue University Cooperative Extension
Service is a resource for many types of curriculum. So, if you are looking
for curriculum, we are a great place to start.