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Impact Report

For plan Youth Development (Roosevelt County)
Date October 29, 2007, 11:30 pm
For Objective Short-term Show short-term objectives
Impact Report Multiple programs occur throughout the year that impact Roosevelt County 4-H through various hands on activities. Life skills are developed when youth participate in hands-on learning situations. Progressive Ag Safety Day is a nationally sponsored hands-on camp activity to help youth in rural communities gain exposure to the potential dangers found in and around agriculture. This activity is targeted toward 3rd grade students from Curry and Roosevelt, NM and Parmer, Co. TX. Participating in the two day event this year were 1154 students, teachers, volunteers, and instructors. The safety day is designed with learning stations based on a variety of real life scenarios so that students can gain the knowledge of how to deal with a situation if it arises. Students are exposed to learning stations about chemical safety, ATV safety, electrical safety, lawnmower safety, grain entrapment, water safety, firearm safety, and using 911. Youth when provided with these educational experiences will be safer and more aware of how to protect themselves and their families. Kids, Kows, and More is an outstanding learning experience for 4th graders from around Curry and Roosevelt Counties and brought 1081 students, teachers, volunteers, and instructors together for this two day event. This program offers students the opportunity to participate in hands on learning with educational stations which offer training in the basic agriculture which occurs in and around this area. Youth involved in the KKM program learned subject matter concepts through hands-on experiences and develop life skills through real-life situations. Some of the activities that students are involved with are milk production, row crops, beef production, and vegetables. Without education of the general public there would be no basis to explain the need for agriculture in the United States. With this educational experience students can establish a base knowledge from which they can build on as they grow with the hope that they will be better able to understand how agriculture impacts their lives. Egg to Chick is a school enrichment program designed for hands on learning by 2nd graders in Roosevelt County. This program offers many children an opportunity to encounter science on a close up level that they may never have seen without this experience. Egg to chick is a much anticipated program that allows children to experience the life cycle of avian embryos. It exposes children to the importance of their impact on another living being and how their actions can influence life and death. Children experience the rapid growth of the avian embryo and the resilience of eggs. Youth involved in the Egg to Chick program will learn subject matter concepts through hands-on experiences and develop life skills through real-life situations. Egg to chick also offers educators the opportunity to utilize multiple aspects of the program in all avenues of education. Language Arts, Science, Math, and Creative Arts are just a few of the curriculums that teachers utilize in conjunction with this program. This is an excellent opportunity to impact large numbers of students outside the traditional clientele. During the 2007 calendar year 322 students and teachers were involved with the program. This represented 18 different classrooms in 6 different schools.