4-H Online Learning Opportunities

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All Projects

• Nebraska 4-H Virtual Learning 
• Nebraska 4-H Boredom Buster Challenge
• Nebraska 4-H Living Room Learning 
• All Animal Projects – Animal ID Information

Cloverbuds

• Michigan State Extension Early Childhood Activities

Dog

• Explore the Seven groups of dogs
• Explore different Dog Breeds from around the world.  Discover their origins and specific characteristics. Click here to start your journey!
• Showmanship
• Obedience
  • Heeling – Video
  • Figure 8 – Video
• Grooming (would not recommend use of scrapers and picks by 4-H members)
  • Grooming – Part 1 Video
  • Grooming – Part 2 Video
• Explore different Dog Breeds from around the world.  Discover their origins and specific characteristics.Click here to start your journey!  https://www.akc.org/dog-breeds/
• Dog breed word search

Family and Consumer Science

• Peep Challenge
• Chop Chop Cooking Club
• Spring Bakers’ Nights – Arapahoe County

Horse

• Extension Horses – Free educational classes, podcasts, infographics, etc.
• Michigan State 4-H “Lunch and Learn” – Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays
• My Horse University
• Horse color and markings workshop

Livestock

• North Dakota 4-H Virtual Showmanship Clinic Series
• Basic Livestock Nutrition

Natural Resources

• Audubon for Kids
• Generation Wild
• Colorado Parks and Wildlife
• National Geographic Kids
• Colorado Department of Education
• Agents of Discovery, is an interactive mobile app that has missions for several State Parks in Colorado
• City of Fort Collins Natural Areas, Native Plants
• City of Fort Collins Natural Areas, Wildlife
• Lory State Park — A brief description of the plants and wildlife found in the park
• Denver Museum of Nature and Science
• REI has great ideas
• Children & Nature Network
• Fort Collins Discovery Museum blog

For Parents

• Tips on Celebrating Missed Milestones during COVID-19
• Social Distancing…with Kids
• Home with Children – Family and Consumer Science Resources
• Twelve Talks to Have with Teens
• Stay Safe in your Imagination – 3 Strategies from Kidpower (Eng)
• ¡Mantengámonos a salvo en nuestra imaginación! 3 estrategias de Kidpower

Shooting Sports

• The “Virtual Lessons” section on Colorado 4-H Online resources has numerous shooting sport videos and activities.

STEM

• DIY STEM Activities to do at home for all ages, including Cloverbuds
• Video: Explore the Science of Soap, including why it is so effective at destroying viruses, as well as getting our dishes clean. Soap also has a starring role in two classic science demonstrations that you can try at home. Watch here.
• Video: The Bernoulli Effect helps airplanes fly and can seemingly allow objects to levitate inside an invisible column of air. Watch here.
• Sugar Rock Candy Chemistry
• Straw Rockets
• Tri-River Area Extension STEM Resources