The Johnson County Extension Council identified offering local options for acquiring life skills in the area of Science, Technology and Engineering as a program priority for the 2017-2018 Plan of Work. To address this need, local schools, teachers and extension personnel worked together to provide an opportunity for local students to attend the 4-H Biotechnology Workshop. This was a free workshop hosted at the Johnson County Extension Office and was designed to encourage youth to learn about careers in science and to give them hands-on science learning experiences. In attendance were 40 youth participants, 3 teachers, the 4-H Program Assistant and the County Extension Agent for 4-H Youth Development Education. Participants arrived and were given a pre-survey to gauge existing knowledge of the science careers and terms that would be covered in the all day workshop. Next biotechnology activities were conducted in the areas of fingerprinting, DNA module building, Criminal case solution, Gene and Traits, and DNA extraction processing. Discussion occurred during the various activities about what kind of careers were associated with biotechnology and other science related fields. At the end of the day, the survey was re-administered to collect information on what was learned from student participation in the workshop. The pre-survey average of 50% existing knowledge was increased to a post survey average of 74% for a 24% increase in knowledge. Also, on the pre-survey no one scored 100% and on the post-survey 12 participants obtained a 100% score. In our closing discussion, around half of the participants indicated they would be interested in pursuing a career in Science, Engineering or Technology. The program met the objective of offering local options for acquiring life skills in the area of Science, Technology and Engineering and has been requested again for next year.