Carroll County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2019 - Jun 30, 2020





4021 - 4-H Agriculture Core Curriculum AND Natural Resources
4021.1) 55

Number of youth who indicated they are interested in learning more about animal science (Common Measures – SC 1)

4021.2) 21

Number of youth who indicated they are interested in learning more about plant science (Common Measures – SC 2)

4021.3) 23

Number of youth who indicated they are interested in learning more about environmental science (Common Measures – SC 3)

4021.4) 165

Number of youth who indicated they like science a lot or a little (Common Measures – SC 6)

4021.5) 11

Number of youth who indicated yes or sort of to having a job that uses science (Common Measures – SC 7)

4021.6) 232

Number of youth who indicated that, through 4-H, they learned new things about science (Common Measures – SC 16)

4021.7) 132

Number of youth who talked about how science can be used to solve everyday problems in 4-H (Common Measures – SC 18)

4021.8) 15

Number of youth who have shared their science related project with others (Common Measures – SC 19)

4021.9) 32

Number of youth who demonstrated a skill that was learned or improved by participating in 4-H natural resource programming

4021.10) 2

Number of youth who used the skills and knowledge learned in 4-H to conserve natural resources

4021.11) 90

Number of youth who have gained an understanding of ecosystems in Kentucky

4021.12) 76

Number of youth who demonstrated a skill that was learned or improved by participating in 4-H agriculture programming

4021.13) 135

Number of youth who gained an understanding of the role of agriculture in the production of food and fiber



Success Stories

Wood Science

Author: Joyce Doyle

Major Program: 4-H Agriculture Core Curriculum AND Natural Resources

Wood Science

Because our wood science project was so successful last year, the leader led an advanced wood working project.Last year Carroll County added a wood science project and it was very successful.  The students learned:•           to  Identify wood by bark, wood color, and aroma             to Classify wood as soft or hard in order to make decisions about end use.               to Select

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Combining Projects

Author: Joyce Doyle

Major Program: 4-H Agriculture Core Curriculum AND Natural Resources

Combining Projects

I love how so many of our 4-H programs are learned and then expanded to other projects.  For instance, our goat club includes market, breeding and dairy goats.  At our dairy goat meeting, a volunteer came and demonstrated how to make soap out of goat milk.  The members got to milk a goat (which 75% had never done) and then witnessed how that milk was turned into goat milk soap.Our wood science program has been so successful.   Two of my wood science members used their wood wo

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