Interested in Becoming a Volunteer?
We would love to connect with you! Reach out to our office at 563-659-5125 or clinton4h@iastate.edu.
Current Volunteer Needs
Club Leader Openings
- DeWitt Clover Kids (1 needed)
Project Volunteer (Superintendent) Openings
- Horse, Pony, and Mule - Assistant Superintendent
4-H Foundation Committee Openings
- Committee Member (2 needed)
Additional Volunteer Openings
- Youth Council Leaders (1 needed)
This page is for 4-H Volunteers to access important documents that are part of our local 4-H Program.
- Risk Management Forms
- Annual Club Documents
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Club Program
- Iowa 4-H Club Program Planning Guide
- Clinton County 4-H Club Template OR
- Iowa 4-H Club Template
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Iowa 4-H Clover Kids Program Planning Guide
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Clinton County Clover Kids Club Template OR
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Club Budget - available as Excel, Google Doc, or PDF
Club Charter (with change in primary leader)
Partnership Agreement (with change in primary leader or treasurer)
- Iowa 4-H Club Program Planning Guide
- Club Finances
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Please review information about club finances on the Record Keeping website.
Resources
- Fair-Related Resources
- Club Recognition
- 4-H Learning Model
- Club Resources
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- Planning and facilitating club experiences
- 4-H Club Presentation Help Sheet
- 4-H Club Presentation Sample Topics
- Script for installing new club officers
Curriculum for Download
- Vibrant Club Activities
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Building a Vibrant Club Overview
Welcome Activities (red)
Business Meeting Activities (yellow)
Recreation Activities (green)
- Animal Game Show
- Game of Bests
- Horse Bingo
- Horse Communication
- Horse Facts Game Show
- Horse Nutrition Race
- Kindness Rocks
- Mindful Nature Hike Bingo
- Snaffle Bit Communication with a Horse
- Technology Trap
- Trash Collection Bingo
- Yoga for You
Education Activities (blue)
- 4-H Poetry
- $15 Challenge
- Bird Call Mnemonics
- Circuit Roleplaying - NEW
- Community Leaders Panel
- Environmental Fashion
- First Impressions
- Flag Etiquette
- Goal Setting
- Ground Grain
- Horse Quiz Bowl
- Horse's Vision
- Innovative Design
- Iowa Pizza Rocks
- Judge This
- National Blood Donor Month
- Native Seed Collection
- Nature Mandalas
- New Year? New Goals!
- Packing for a Trip
- Positively Me!
- Presenting to an Exhibit Judge
- Riparian Forests
- See! You Did It! Presentations
- Service Calendar Challenge
- Simple Machine
- Sixty Second Speeches
- Squishy Circuits
- Trail Mix Parli Pro
- What is Hippology?
- What is Horse Judging?
- What is the Horse Wearing?
- Wildlife Habitat Trivia
- Clover Kids "On-the-Go"
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- Super U!
- Take a Chance
- Slippery Slopes
- Scrumptious Stoplight
- Chicken Clucker
- Splish Splash
- Wonders of Nature
- Clover Kids Reading Adventures - Ohio 4-H
- Ada Twist, Scientist Berenstain Bears and Too Much Junk Food
Berenstain Bears Trouble with Money
- 4-H Club "On-the-Go"
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- Popsicle Stick Bracelet - NEW
- Bird Watching
- Giant Pumpkin Story
- Draw String Bag
- Mighty Soybeans
- Don't Toss It, Grow It
- Seed Germination Necklace
- Cover Crop Monsters
- Glowing Germs
- Biosecurity Charades
- Watch Me Grow
- Gelatin and Meat Protein
- Straw Rockets
- Moon to Mars
- Geodesic Dome
- Astronaut Lander
- Pet Treats Challenge
- Solar Art
- Eiffel Tower Artwork
- Chinese Hand Fans
- Cardboard Moon Rover
- Cosmic Art
- Paper Bag Scrapbook
- On Target
- Calming Glitter Jars
- STEM Club Activities
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- Animal Robot
- Cooking Robot
- Crystal Growing
- Drawing Robot
- Dancing Singing Robot
- Farming Robot
- Inventory Robot
- Light and Sound
- Magnetic Levitation
- Mathematical Art
- Navigation Robot
- Non-Newtonian Fluid
- Nutcracker Costume Challenge
- Nutcracker Mousetrap Challenge
- Paper Circuits
- Rube Goldberg Challenge
- Solar Car
- Solar Light
- Solar Oven
- Mental Health Matters
Curriculum Check Out
For teachers, non-formal educators, and club leaders, Clinton County Extension and Outreach offers curriculum kits available for check out. For more information, contact our office.
Request a kit: Fill out the survey.
Cost: Most kits are $20 to cover the cost of supplies. Invoices can be sent upon request.
Questions about what's included? Call Amanda at 563-659-5125 or email clinton4h@iastate.edu.
- Kits for PreK - 2nd Grades
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Engineering is Elementary
- Description of Kits
- Connection to Standards (including NGSS, Common Core Math or ELA, ITEEA and K-5 Science Standards)
- Kits for K - 5th Grades
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STEM Lit to Go!
- Description
- Standards
- You'll receive: lesson, books, materials needed to complete activities
- You'll provide: demographic data, $10 to cover supplies
STEM Lit to Go! Iowa
- Description
- Standards
- You'll receive: lesson, books, materials needed
- You'll provide: demographic data, $10 to cover supplies
Art Lit to Go!
- Description
- Standards
- You'll receive: lesson, books, materials needed
- You'll provide: demographic data, $10 to cover supplies
Steam'n Through the Seasons
- Description
- Standards
- You'll receive: lesson, books, materials needed
- You'll provide: demographic data, $10 to cover supplies
Books for Cooks
- Description of Books for Cooks lessons
- You'll receive: lesson, books, materials needed
- You'll provide: demographic data, $10 to cover supplies
Dash and Dot Robots
- More information
- You'll receive: 1-6 Dash robots, 1-2 dot robots, 6 tablets, curriculum guide, Amanda's help
- You'll provide: demographic data, cost TBD
BeeBot Robots
- More information
- You'll receive: 6 BeeBots, 6 vinyl mats, curriculum guide, help upon request
- You'll provide: demographic data, cost TBD
- Kits for 4th - 12th Grades
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National 4-H STEM Challenge (New challenge each October)
- Drone Discovery
- Incredible Wearables
- Mars Base Camp
- You'll receive: lessons and materials, 1 kit serves 12 youth AND you keep the kit
- You'll provide: demographic data, $20 for the kit
InventSTEM: The Quest for What's Next
The Power of the Wind (More information)
Agriculture Everywhere
- More Information
- You'll receive: curriculum and supplies
- You'll provide: demographic data, $0 (free)