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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS IN THIS ISSUE 4-H Health Rocks! UPCOMING EVENTS May 11
May 15
May 15-17
May 19
May 19
May 21
May 21
May 26-27
May 29
May 30
June 2
June 2
June 2
June 9-12
June 15
June 18
June 19-20
June 22-27
June 23
June 23-26
June 24-28
June 29-July 2
June 29-July 2
July 1
July 6-8
July 13-16
July 20-24
July 24-25
July 28-August 2
Tennessee 4-H Home Page: 4h.tennessee.edu Online version of Ideas: 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas09 Ideas index: 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas09/09-index.htm Congratulations to Crockett, Davidson, Dyer, Haywood, Madison, McNairy and Robertson counties on receiving a 2009 Tennessee 4-H Health Rocks! These counties are working with classroom teachers, afterschool providers and parks and recreation staff to deliver the 4-H Health Rocks! program to middle school (5th-8th grade) 4-H members. Additionally, the Tennessee 4-H Health Rocks! state team recently attended the National 4-H Health Rocks! training at the National 4-H Center in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Team members include:
As part of the training, team members experienced the new Health Rocks! intermediate level curriculum. They learned best practices for working with middle school youth, as well as innovative ways to use technology in teaching Health Rocks! While in Washington, the group also took in a few sights. Check out one of their favorite sights at 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas09/images/hrocks.jpg. The 4-H Health Rocks! program is designed to teach decision making to middle school youth as it relates to healthy lifestyles. The program has been very successful in Tennessee. Extension agent Tonya Bain had this to say about the program, "The Health Rocks! program has been a valuable tool for Crockett County 4-H. This program has provided the necessary information youth need to make responsible decisions concerning their overall health and safety. The youth are truly learning the dangers of tobacco and tobacco products." There is a limited amount of funding available to counties interested in implementing this program by October 30, 2009. Please contact me as soon as possible if you have an interest. Justin Crowe CLOVER POWER: CITIZENSHIP IN ACTION DAY ON UT KNOXVILLE CAMPUS The Tennessee 4-H Youth Development department, the UT Extension Eastern Region office and the Howard Baker Center for Public Policy are pleased to offer Clover Power: Citizenship in Action day on the UT Knoxville campus. This event will be held from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. on Friday, May 29. Participation is open to youth in grades 6-12, as well as to volunteer leaders and Extension agents. The event will begin with an exciting event at the Howard Baker Center for Public Policy (bakercenter.utk.edu). The staff at the Howard Baker Center have prepared an outstanding program for us, including a scavenger hunt tour of the Howard Baker Center museum, informal discussions on careers in public service and talks on civic engagement and youth voice. Participants will also have the chance to meet other 4-H members from around the state. Participants are asked to pack their own lunch. Drinks will be provided by the Eastern Region 4-H All Stars. After enjoying lunch as a group, the program will continue with a tour of McClung Museum (mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/) followed by a tour of the UT Football Hall of Fame (www.utsports.com/). Please note that participants should leave their lunch in a cooler in their vehicle until after the Baker Center program. There will be sufficient time for delegates to get their lunch after the Baker Center event concludes. Parking is available in the University Center parking garage for $5.00. Participants should bring their parking ticket to the Baker Center to be stamped to ensure they get the $5.00 daily parking rate. Participants should wear comfortable shoes, as we will cover quite a bit of campus that day! Each participant to this event should complete an F600-A medical form and bring with them. In addition, we ask that each county delegation be accompanied by at least one adult chaperone. Again, as a reminder, this event is open to 4-H members in grades 6-12, as well as volunteers and Extension 4-H agents. Each registered participant is expected to attend the entire event on May 29, not just part of the day's events. Registration is open in SUPER through Tuesday, May 19. A promotional flyer is available at 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas09/attach/cloverpower.pdf. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Justin Crowe in the state 4-H office at jcrowe3@utk.edu or Mitch Beaty in the Eastern Region office at mcbeaty@utk.edu. We look forward to seeing you in Knoxville! Justin Crowe DID YOU GET YOUR ACADEMIC CONFERENCE BUS SCHEDULE? The 4-H Academic Conference bus schedules were emailed on May 7 to those counties having delegates. If you have delegates attending this event and failed to receive a schedule, please let us know. Justin Crowe DISCOVERY EDUCATION 3M YOUNG SCIENTIST CHALLENGE National 4-H Council has told us about an opportunity for 4-Hers to participate in the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge. This competition is for students in fifth through eighth grades and is designed to encourage a passion for science, and to promote the importance of science communication. Discovery Education and 3M are, like 4-H, committed to engaging America's youth in science, engineering and technology education. For full entry details and more on the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge, please visit www.youngscientistchallenge.com. In the summer, semifinalists will be chosen from 50 states and the District of Columbia. In October, ten finalists will win an all expenses paid trip to New York, NY, to compete in a series of challenges. Head Judge Steve Jacobs, science educator, creator of "Jake's Attic" and founder of Faraday Studios will select the winner at the final event! The top young scientist will receive $50,000 in U.S. Savings Bonds! The deadline for entry is May 20, 2009. Some may be able to adapt their current science, engineering and technology projects - if they relate to one of the competition's four topics! Please share this email with your county and local 4-H professionals and volunteers. If you have any questions, please email YSC@Discovery.com. Daniel Sarver National 4-H Council, National 4-H Headquarters and University of Arizona 4-H Youth Development, invite all 4-H professionals, staff and volunteers to produce their own digital video for front-line educators and volunteers to better implement SET programs. The purpose of this contest is to build a vault of films to show great 4-H facilitation in practice. They seek films that will help others know what really great learning looks like in practice. As the saying goes, “A picture is worth a thousand words.”
Daniel Sarver MACON COUNTY BOASTS LARGEST ACADEMIC CONFERENCE DELEGATION Registration is in for Junior High 4-H Academic Conference, and Macon County’s 14 delegates make it the largest group attending. The event will be held on the campus of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, June 9-12, 2009. The top counties for Academic Conference are as follows:
Congratulations to these counties for their success in promoting this event and to all agents who made this educational opportunity available to their 4-H members. Counties are responsible for entering their delegates in SUPER. Please verify your delegation is correct (gender, grade, etc.) once they have been entered by running a report on your county. You can view the information, but will not be able to make changes. Please let me know if you see anything that needs to be corrected. Justin Crowe MADISON COUNTY HAS MOST PORTFOLIOS Congratulations to all 4-H agents who encouraged members to submit their project achievement portfolios for state competition. Madison County was the top county in the state this year as far as number of records submitted. The top five counties this year include:
The Central Region led with 101 portfolios submitted; the Eastern Region had 82 and the Western Region 43. 4-H agents, volunteer leaders and specialists will complete the judging of the portfolios on May 27. We will try to announce the names of the finalists to the regions by June 5. Steve Sutton TAE4-HW COMMUNICATION AND SPECIALTY AWARD WINNERS State winners in the communication and speciality awards programs were announced at the TAE4-HW Annual Meeting and Professional Development Conference in Chattanooga last week. Award winners are as follows:
Melissa Henry TAE4-HW SERVICE AWARDS ANNOUNCED At the recent TAE4-HW annual meeting, 18 members were recognized for outstanding service to the 4-H Youth Development program. Congratulations to the following:
Donna Bradley TRANSFORMING AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION FOR A CHANGING WORLD A report recently released by The National Academy of Sciences discusses agricultural education and how 4-H fits into the equation. Much of this report meshes quite well with the 4-H SET initiative. Here are some excerpts:
A report in brief is located at 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas09/attach/ag_education_final.pdf. Daniel Sarver THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute.
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