Pigeons

Project guide on how to raise pigeons, including information on buying, behavior, feeding, banding, record keeping, housing, handling, training, grooming and exhibiting of pigeons. (15 pages.) Keywords- breeding, housing, diseases, parasites, pests Details Publication Number: 4H135 Category: Animal Sciences Sub-Category: Poultry Type: Guide Audience: Youth Links Pigeons

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Plant Crafts

Project guide on how to harvest, dry and use plant materials, and make dried arrangements, collages, potpourri and other plant crafts. (12 pages.) Keywords- corsages, foliage, nosegay, christmas greens, wreaths Details Publication Number: 4H330 Category: Plant & Soil Sciences Sub-Category: Plant Crafts Type: Guide Audience: Youth Links Plant Crafts

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Predator or Prey? Skull Characteristics

Do you know which animal is a predator or which is prey? This activity helps you in identifying many of the differences. Using diagrams of different skulls you will learn the physical make up of these animals.  Keywords: adaptations, mammal, shooting sports Details Publication Number: ACTpa033 Category: Natural Resources Sub-Category: Exploring Environment Type: Activity Plan […]

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Propagating and Growing House Plants

Project guide on how to identify plant parts and their functions, grow house plants, start a plant from a cutting, make a dish garden, prepare a house plants exhibit for show, and more. (15 pages.) Keywords- stem, leaf, root, soil, fertilizing Details Publication Number: 4H328 Category: Plant & Soil Sciences Sub-Category: House Plants Type: Guide […]

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Record Sheet — Crops Management

Form to record financial information for a 4-H member’s crops project, including production costs and income. (4 pages in editable Adobe Acrobat pdf and Microsoft Word formats.) Keywords- profit, loss, soil test, crop yield, fertilizer Details Publication Number: RS1 Category: Plant & Soil Sciences Sub-Category: Crops Type: Form Audience: Youth Links Record Sheet — Crops […]

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Senior 4-H Project Financial Record – Livestock (Beef, Sheep, Swine)

Form for senior livestock project members to record financial information about a project, including labor, machinery, equipment, and other project expenses. ( This is for all livestock including beef, sheep and swine. 4 pages in editable Adobe Acrobat pdf and Microsoft Word formats.) Keywords- animals, income, feed, management record, inventory Details Publication Number: FR03 Category: […]

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Senior 4-H Project Financial Record – Non-Livestock

Form for senior non-livestock project members to record financial information about a project, including labor, machinery, equipment, and other project expenses. (2 pages in editable Adobe Acrobat pdf and Microsoft Word formats.) Keywords- tools Details Publication Number: FR02 Category: 4-H Club Management Sub-Category: Record Book Type: Form Audience: Youth Links Senior 4-H Project Financial Record […]

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Surfing Safely in the Cyber World

This activity shares information and activities on how you and your children can surf through the internet safely. It includes an activity “Rules of On-line Safety” and provides sample internet web links. Keywords: Internet, safety, technology, communication Details Publication Number: ACTpa092 Category: Arts & Communication Sub-Category: Computers Type: Activity Plan Audience: Youth Links Surfing Safely […]

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Thinking Like A Mountain

Aldo Leopold was a Wisconsin scientist who grew to understand the world and the environment around us. One of his concerns related to predator eradication. This activity will take youth through a discussion of whether or not predators should be eradicated. Keywords: Predator, Prey, Shooting Sports, wildlife management, wolves Details Publication Number: ACTpa036 Category: Natural […]

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Voices from the Past

This oral history project includes information about interviewing techniques and listening skills, as well as ideas and suggestions for creating written records, scrapbooks, displays and other historical documents.  This is a part of the Building Bridges Communications Curriculum. (PDF – 16 pages, 838 KB) Keywords- stories, family, conversation, questions Details Publication Number: COMM04 Category: Arts […]

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