This activity explores Dabbling Ducks. These ducks have colored wing patches that help make the duck easy to identify. Using a jigsaw puzzle method- youth will learn how to identify these ducks with the aid of a Duck ID Fact Sheet. Keywords: birds, characteristics, identification, shooting sports, speculum Details Publication Number: ACTpa038 Category: Natural Resources […]
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Activity lesson plan for teaching youth how to build a flashlight. Part of the 4-H Electrical Science Series.(2 pages, 50 KB) Keywords – wiring, circuit, simple flashlight worksheet, power supply, light source Details Publication Number: ACTas132 Category: Mechanical Sciences Sub-Category: Electricity Type: Activity Plan Audience: Volunteer Links Electricity: Bright Lights
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Activity lesson plan for teaching youth how to identify closed and opened circuits. Part of the 4-H Electrical Science Series. (2 pages, 220 KB) Keywords – open or closed circuit worksheet, power source, light bulb, wire Details Publication Number: ACTas133 Category: Mechanical Sciences Sub-Category: Electricity Type: Activity Plan Audience: Volunteer Links Electricity: Circuit Sense
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Activity lesson plan for teaching youth how to build and test a paper clip switch. Part of the 4-H Electrical Science Series.(1 page, 57 KB) Keywords – open and closed switch, wire, battery, circuit, path for electricity Details Publication Number: ACTas134 Category: Mechanical Sciences Sub-Category: Electricity Type: Activity Plan Audience: Volunteer Links Electricity: Control the Flow
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Activity lesson plan for teaching youth how to build and test a compass. Part of the 4-H Electrical Science Series. (3 pages, 375 KB) Keywords – understanding earth’s magnetic poles, predicting outcomes, analyzing data, a simple compass worksheet, Details Publication Number: ACTas135 Category: Mechanical Sciences Sub-Category: Electricity Type: Activity Plan Audience: Volunteer Links Electricity: Earth […]
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Activity lesson plan for teaching youth how to identify parallel and series circuits. Part of the 4-H Electrical Science Series. (2 pages, 198 KB) Keywords – parallel circuit, series circuit, parallel or series circuit worksheet, light bulb, diagram Details Publication Number: ACTas136 Category: Mechanical Sciences Sub-Category: Electricity Type: Activity Plan Audience: Volunteer Links Electricity: Fork in […]
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Create a battery from fruit, learn the process of scientific inquiry, about connecting batteries in series, and develop familiarity with basic electrochemistry. (15 pages, 577KB) Key words – science, electricity, batteries, fruit, experiment Details Publication Number: ACTpa110 Category: Mechanical Sciences Sub-Category: Electricity Type: Activity Plan Audience: Volunteer Links Fruit Batteries
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An activity plan to help 4-H adult and youth club leaders recognize the importance of forming club committees. Discussion on different types of committees and ideas to form committees are shared. Leaders will be able to identify three benefits to using committee structure within their clubs. This activity is part of the Wisconsin 4-H Leader […]
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4-H Afterschool activity in which youth in grades 3-4 will learn to interact with others in a group. It will help youth who do not know each other to interact, have fun together, and get to know each other. (3 pages, 138 KB) Keywords – social skills, getting to know you activity, circle of friends, […]
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Most 4-H clubs organize fundraisers — but why? In this activity plan 4-H clubs will learn how to identify needs for monetary resources in their 4-H club, how to select a fundraiser, how to conduct a fundraiser, and what to do when you are done. This activity plan is part of the Wisconsin 4-H Club […]
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