Success Story4th Grade Agriculture Career Day



4th Grade Agriculture Career Day

Author: Calyn Colston

Planning Unit: Calloway County CES

Major Program: Agriculture

Plan of Work: 2022 4-H Developing Community Leaders

Outcome: Initial Outcome

Calloway County parents and school systems believe it is important to start educating our youth about career options at an early age. For this reason, the Calloway County Family Resource Youth Coordinator for two of our elementary schools partner with the Area Technology Center to coordinate a 4th Grade Career Day each year. 

Calloway 4-H was invited to present on one of the career industries and since there are almost 800 families in Calloway County farm in some capacity, we chose to educate students on careers in Agriculture. High school students from the Area Technology Center helped present on other career options like carpentry, machine tool, welding, culinary, health, automotive, and electrical. 

During the 4-H agriculture sessions, students had the opportunity to play a game identifying items associated with multiple areas of the agriculture industry like animal science, natural resources, ag technology, crops, horticulture, and more. We then discussed careers in each area of agriculture and related those back to what individuals are interested in. 

At the end of the sessions, students were able to identify each agriculture item, briefly discuss some career options in agriculture, and have an idea of what kind of career in agriculture they could enter depending on their personal interests. 






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