Environmental Stewardship (DA)
Environmental Stewardship (DA)

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Going Places Making Choices 
In-Touch Science: Chemistry & Environment 
Mud, Muck and Other Wonderful Things   
Exploring Your Environment 1 - Eco-Wonders   
Exploring Your Environment 2 - Eco-Adventures     
Exploring Your Environment 3 - Eco-Actions    
Exploring Your Environment  - Helper's Guide   

 


Going Places Making Choices

Challenges youth to understand the interdependency between economic, environmental, social, and political concerns through five units that cover: the history of transportation, natural resources and energy use, global climate change, land use, and persona.

This curriculum item may be obtained from:
National 4-H Council (4-H Mall)


In-Touch Science: Chemistry & Environment

The 10 activities in this 116-page manual show children how each of five science concepts relates to chemicals and our environment. Session 1 introduces the concept of dispersion. Children disperse fat droplets in milk to create swirling colors. They then consider whether dispersion is desirable when cleaning up an oil spill.

This curriculum item may be obtained from:

Cornell University

 


Mud, Muck and Other Wonderful Things
Mud, Muck and Other Wonderful Things focuses on helping youth understand basic ecological concepts. This environmental curriculum contains a series of hands-on activities and processing questions that get students thinking about the environmental stewardship.

National Collection of Juried 4-H Youth Development Curricula

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Ag in the Classroom

 


Exploring Your Environment 1 - Eco-Wonders

Youth use the scientific method to investigate what plants need, how the four elements of life interact, describe the food chain, measure the weather, make a compost file, how to clean an oil spill plus several bird & animal related activities. (c 2002)

This item may be purchased for $3.00 through the Utah State 4-H Office by calling Extension Publications at 435-797-2251.

 


Exploring Your Environment 2 - Eco-Adventures

Youth discover how things in nature interrelate, what happens to garbage after it is thrown away, how farmers control pests, what resources for wildlife are found in their neighborhood and much more. (c 2002)

This item may be purchased for $3.00 through the Utah State 4-H Office by calling Extension Publications at 435-797-2251.

 


Exploring Your Environment 3 - Eco-Actions

Youth will readily accept the challenge of activities that relate to biochemistry, the biome, urban sprawl and wildlife and biodiversity. Each section focuses on an ecological concept and provides activities that help youth explain how the environment works. (c 2002)

This item may be purchased for $3.00 through the Utah State 4-H Office by calling Extension Publications at 435-797-2251.

 


Exploring Your Environment- Helper's Guide

Group activities include planning a year's program, participating in an environmental skillathon and quiz bowl, plan a tour, describing personal ethics, identifying environmental hazards, playing Environmental Bingo and Environmental Pyramid. (c 2002)

This item may be purchased for $3.00 through the Utah State 4-H Office by calling Extension Publications at 435-797-2251.