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| 4021 - 4-H Agriculture Core Curriculum AND Natural Resources | ||
|---|---|---|
| 4021.1) | 50 |
Number of youth who indicated they are interested in learning more about animal science (Common Measures – SC 1) |
| 4021.2) | 35 |
Number of youth who indicated they are interested in learning more about plant science (Common Measures – SC 2) |
| 4021.3) | 20 |
Number of youth who indicated they are interested in learning more about environmental science (Common Measures – SC 3) |
| 4021.4) | 139 |
Number of youth who indicated they like science a lot or a little (Common Measures – SC 6) |
| 4021.5) | 20 |
Number of youth who indicated yes or sort of to having a job that uses science (Common Measures – SC 7) |
| 4021.6) | 109 |
Number of youth who indicated that, through 4-H, they learned new things about science (Common Measures – SC 16) |
| 4021.7) | 0 |
Number of youth who talked about how science can be used to solve everyday problems in 4-H (Common Measures – SC 18) |
| 4021.8) | 109 |
Number of youth who have shared their science related project with others (Common Measures – SC 19) |
| 4021.9) | 20 |
Number of youth who demonstrated a skill that was learned or improved by participating in 4-H natural resource programming |
| 4021.10) | 20 |
Number of youth who used the skills and knowledge learned in 4-H to conserve natural resources |
| 4021.11) | 20 |
Number of youth who have gained an understanding of ecosystems in Kentucky |
| 4021.12) | 1309 |
Number of youth who demonstrated a skill that was learned or improved by participating in 4-H agriculture programming |
| 4021.13) | 20 |
Number of youth who gained an understanding of the role of agriculture in the production of food and fiber |
Author: Kelly Smith
Major Program: 4-H Agriculture Core Curriculum AND Natural Resources
In the 2019-2020 school year, over 30 classrooms, representing both private and public Jefferson County schools, will experience the Embryology project from the Jefferson County 4-H program. Teachers within classrooms receive hands on experience with learning life skills and knowledge of the process of embryology. Youth will learn to care and maintain for the eggs and incubator before, during and after the incubation period. They also see the proper care of newly hatched chicks. Kelly Smit
Author: Lawrence Caudle
Major Program: 4-H Agriculture Core Curriculum AND Natural Resources
Jefferson County 4-H Youth Development partners with a number of community organizations across the county. One of the main partnerships the 4-H program upholds is the partnership with the community centers. There 15 community centers in Louisville, and many of them provides access to youth participants who may not have the means to attend 4-H programming; this allows 4-H to bring programming to the community centers’ participants to assist them in developing life skills. During the summer
Author: Chanda Hall
Major Program: 4-H Agriculture Core Curriculum AND Natural Resources
The Jefferson County 4-H Ag Field Day was held on September 26, 2019, at Sunny Acres Farm, a Southeast Jefferson County working farm. 150 elementary school students at the 4th-grade level along with their teachers experienced a working farm first-hand. 80% of these students had no awareness of where foods are created. As urban youth, their concept of the origination of their food is simply from the grocery store.Partnering with outside agencies, youth were taught within areas of agriculture, nut
