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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Form to record a club’s annual financial account summary. (4 pages in editable Adobe Acrobat pdf, as well as Microsoft Word and Excel formats.) Keywords – end of year club report, budget, paid, payments received,losses and gains Details Publication Number: FRC Category: 4-H Club Management Sub-Category: Financial Type: Form Audience: Volunteer Links Financial Record — Club […]
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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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Activity for youth in grades 5 and above to learn how to extract family history information from census records. Youth will get a chance to examine primary source records as they trace the family history of some well-known individuals. (5 pages, 100 KB) Keywords – keeping records, family tree, diaries, journals, biography Details Publication Number: […]
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This list contains the lesson plans and materials to complete the five entomology activities in the “Going Buggy” 4-H Afterschool series. (3 pages, 131 KB) Keywords – entomology, projects, bugs Details Publication Number: ACTas020box Category: Natural Resources Sub-Category: Entomology Type: Activity Plan Audience: Volunteer Links “Going Buggy” 4-H Project Box Contents (131 KB) “Going Buggy” […]
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