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Making the best better for Iowa youth Iowa State University Extension 4-H Youth Development offers hands-on learning and science-based programs to help youth gain skills, confidence and positive self-esteem so they can become successful, caring adults. • 128,370 Iowa youth are enrolled in 4-H Youth Development programs – more than 25 percent of school-age youth in the state. • 84,013 youth participate in 4-H school enrichment programs. • More than 9,800 adults and more than 1,400 youth volunteer in 4-H Youth Development programs. • 29,662 youth participate in 1,625 community clubs throughout the state. • More than 20,000 kindergarten through third-grade youth have participated in Growing in the Garden, a life science-based curriculum that builds curiosity about agriculture, natural resources, food and people. Hands-on activities help children develop life skills while they accomplish standards and benchmarks for a variety of subject matter areas measured by Iowa schools. • Each year 20,000 to 26,000 Iowa youth have six or more hours of contact with E-SET programs either through 4-H or their classrooms. E-SET — Extension–Science, Engineering and Technology — is a cooperative program between ISU Extension and the Iowa Space Grant Consortium. E-SET fosters an interest in science among youth and helps teachers improve science, engineering and technology education. • E-SET has distributed 70 Navigating Your Way global positioning system (GPS) kits and curriculum to 20 states and two foreign countries. The educational kit is the product of a partnership with Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. • 960 youth and adults participated in the 2003 State 4-H Youth Conference at ISU. Youth participated in educational workshops, heard motivational speakers, took part in community service and had the opportunity to socialize and learn about college life. Participants strengthened their leadership and communication skills, and in evaluations offered a common response: “Conference was awesome!” • ISU Extension completed a Beginning 4-H Volunteer training series via satellite this year. The four-part series generated 936 participant evaluations: 87 percent said they had a clear understanding that 4-H’ers need new challenges, contacts and opportunities to build their 4-H experience; 70 percent said the program helped them become comfortable in helping youth learn through 4-H projects. • 109 youth workers completed Advancing Youth Development training in principles of positive youth development. These adults work directly with young people in a variety of settings such as community-based organizations, public agencies and school-affiliated programs. Participant comments included, “Great research base … there are applications/ideas for all.” • More than 5,000 fourth- through sixth-graders have participated in Where We Live, a new curriculum that challenges students to think about the land and the food where they live. |
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