4-H Youth Development
School Enrichment
Welcome to 4-H in the classroom! Learn more about in-school programs that include curricula, kits and hand-on activities designed to meet Ohio's academic content standards in science, math, social studies and language arts.
Classroom Programs
Grandletters
School Enrichment Resources
Teacher Training:
PROJECT BUTTERFLY WINGS- Tuesday, August 17 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. at 4-H Camp Ohio. Complete life-cycle curriculum! Click on the link for informational flyer.
Classroom Programs:
The science-based programs listed below are available to Licking County teachers. In-class presentations are interactive and include hands-on demonstrations and materials for your students.
Click here for a printable PDF flyer describing the 4-H School Enrichment Programs & Kits that are available and how you can schedule these programs for your class or after school program.
Schedule a classroom visit . . .
An annual $10 fee per teacher includes all materials, with an additional $10 fee for the Chick Embryology program or Go Plants grow kit. For more information on scheduling a program or obtaining a curriculum guide, contact Sally McClaskey at 740-670-5315 or email her at: mcclaskey.12@.osu.edu
4-H School Enrichment Programs:
Good Vibrations - the Science of Sound
Students explore how vibrations create sound, discover how sound waves travel and find out how sounds change when teams make different-sized kazoos. Recommended for grades K-2.
Geodiscovery
Introduce your class to GPS technology - they will learn how to use a GPS unit and discover geocaching, a techno-treasure hunt designed around one of your classroom units. Recommended for grades 3-8.
Weather Together
Learn about the science of weather through hands-on experiments and activities. Students explore the influence of sunlight, gravity and moisture on the atmosphere, what causes different types of weather and how to forecast climate changes. Recommended for grades 3-5.
Rockets Away!
3-2-1 . . . blastoff! Students explore the science of rocketry with a variety of experiments and activities that include construction and launch of 2-liter bottle rockets. Recommended for grades 4-8.
Go Plants!
Seeds, roots, stems, leaves and flowers - the science behind plants sprouts with hands-on activities where students can sort and sprout seeds, understand the growth of roots and explore the life cycles of plants. Recommended for grades 3-4.
Team Up For Good Nutrition
Your class will work together to learn healthy food choices, positive eating habits and how to promote overall good health. Students can team up for nutrition role plays, learn to read and understand food labels and participate in a classroom-based supermarket scavenger hunt. Recommended for grades 3-4.
Science Sleuths
Students learn about observations and inferences through hands-on science inquiry. A "Cookie Quest" helps them discover the importance of accurate observations, and on day two a partner activity and making flubber guides students through following directions. Recommended for grade 4.
Invent
George Washington Carver serves as the role model for this program that focuses on invention, creative thinking and analysis. Explore the contributions of African-American inventors and their impact on our world today. Students learn about polymers by making flubber, create an invention team code and use teamwork to problem solve. Recommended for grades 4-8.
4-H School Enrichment Classroom Kits:
The fee for the following kits is an additional $10 (along with annual 4-H School Enrichment fee of $10) for up to two kits per school year and may be kept for one month.
Chick Embryology
Learn all about lifecycles when your class hatches chicks. Kit includes incubator, warmer, books, posters and activities. Available March, April and May.
Go Plants!
This kit features a tabletop grow light, seeds, plant chart, books and activities.
Grandletters:
Local literacy initiative that links area students with senior pen pals.Senior scribes needed!
If you are age 55 or older, consider becoming a Grandletters pen pal. Area seniors are needed in the Fall of each year to serve as pen pals to a class of fourth grade students. You will share your lifetime of experience with children who will tell you what is important to them and really make a difference in the life of a child.
To participate in the Grandletters program, please contact Sally McClaskey at 740-670-5315 or email her at: mcclaskey.12@.osu.edu.
School Enrichment Resources:
Links to educational activities and programs for use at school and home.
Dairy Day:
Learn about dairy production from cow to market by scheduling a Dairy Day assembly at your school. Students rotate through stations and learn how to milk a cow, discover the science of ice cream by making their own fast-freeze samples, learn about careers in agriculture and more. Contact 740-670-5315 for more information.
RAD - Resource Awareness Day:
This day-long event is designed to help third and fourth grade students learn more about the natural resources that benefit all of us. Presenters include representative from OSU Extension, Licking County Soil and Water Conservation District, Dawes Arboretum and many more. Please contact Lindsey at the Licking County Soil and Water Conservation District for more information (740-670-5330).
Fingerprinting Resources:
Click for a listing of fingerprinting supplies and where they can be purchased.
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick:
Do fish have ears?
Where does the water go at low tide?
Why do peas grow in a pod?
Twig Walkingstick has the answer to these questions and more at this site from OSU that offers information on a variety of science topics. And remember…Science…it’s not just for lectures anymore!
Licking County Rabbit & Poultry Committee Meeting
