4-H Projects – Learning Something New All Year Long!
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Collapse ▲A 4-H project is a collection of experiences based around a specific topic.
These experiences are a huge range of everything you have done in a calendar year. Your 4-H community (parents, club members, volunteers, 4-H Agent and others) will help you learn about upcoming opportunities you might be interested in.
4-H Projects are year-long individually designed educational experiences. Youth pick a topic to explore and pursue learning experiences centered on that topic January through December.
Categories include:
- Animal Science
- Citizenship & Civic Education
- Communication & Expressive Arts
- Family & Consumer Sciences
- Environmental Science
- Healthy Lifestyles
- Personal Development & Leadership
- Plant Science
- Science & Technology
Youth can pick any topic of interest from archery to horse and from gardening to rockets. This is what makes 4-H so great! 4-H then offers a variety of activities to learn more and youth are able to pursue individual experiences as well. Make sure to write it all down in your 4-H Project Record!
These activities may include:
- Hands On Experience – Raise an animal, grow a garden, build furniture, etc.
- Field Trips – go with your family, club or school to explore a location related to your project
- Interviews – share time with a professional working in your project field
- Camps or Classes – take a 4-H class or another camp on your topic
- Teach Others – hold a class to teach others (4-H has lots of opportunities to do this!)
- Presentations – share your knowledge in a school or 4-H presentation
- Competitions – 4-H has lots of opportunities to compete to earn awards & incentives
- Research – books, internet, journals, library – limitless!
- Showcase at Fair – Cabarrus County Fair, Mountain State Fair, NC State Fair and so much more!
- Club or County Meeting – see your 4-H agent for a club to join or our next county event to share your experience with others!
If you have trouble starting, 4-H has many curriculum guides with lots of activities. Here is a monthly cheat sheet to complete a 4-H Project Record.
If you need help talk to your club leader or 4-H Agent.