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Available through the Extension office and online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Junk Drawer Robotic Level 1: Give Robotics a Hand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n In the Junk Drawer Robotics curriculum, youth are challenged to build robots from everyday items. None of the levels requires or uses computers. There are Facilitator Guides for three levels. Youth use a Robotics Notebook to record their learning experiences, robotic designs and data from their investigations. One facilitator guide is needed per group, while each youth should have their own notebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Level 1 \u2013 Give Robots a Hand, youth explore and learn about robot arms. Concepts covered include pneumatics, arm designs, and three-dimensional space. Big ideas include form and function, scientific habits of mind, and engineering design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Junk Drawer Robotics Level 2: Robots on the Move<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n In Level 2 \u2013 Robots on the Move, youth learn about locomotion through exploring, designing, and building mobile robot ROVs and other subsystems. Youth learn about friction, electronic circuits, mobile robots, simple machines, and buoyancy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Junk Drawer Robotics Level 3: Mechatronics<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n In Level 3 \u2013 Mechatronics, youth will explore sensors and analog and digital systems. The track introduces simple electronic components; youth will build basic circuits to see how the components work. They will investigate basic elements of programming and instructions for robotic computer control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Junk Drawer Robotics: Youth Robotics Notebook<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n There is one Robotics Notebook for the three levels of the Junk Drawer Robotics curriculum. The notebook encourages youth to think and act like scientists and engineers. In their notebook, youth will record their ideas, collect data, draw designs, and reflect on their experiences. It also provides specific information for the challenges. Each youth should have his or her own Robotics Notebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Coming soon!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Coming soon!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n State 4-H Robotics Project Resources<\/a>State 4-H STEM Project Resources<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Spark Activity: Exploring 3D Design \u2013 Illinois 4-H (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Have you ever thought about inventing something? Do you have an item at home that serves a purpose, but could be made better if it were changed just a little? 3D design and 3D printing solves those problems by letting you design and print your own creation!<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4-H Science Explorers \u201cScientists Live\u201d Career Series Recording Access Registration Form \u2013 Wisconsin 4-H<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c4-H Science Explorers\u2013Scientists Live\u201d is a virtual career series open to youth, grades 8-13, their teachers, and their parents. The series is recorded live via Zoom each spring and features \u201cscientists\u201d from a variety of fields. Access all of the recordings from previous years by completing this registration form. Currently, 32 half hour episodes are available! You may be contacted via email or U.S. mail to complete a short survey about your experience with the recordings later in the year. Your feedback at that time will be greatly appreciated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Coming soon!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n 4-H Tech Changemakers \u2013 National 4-H<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 4-H Tech Changemakers is a unique, community-centered program that puts youth into positions of leadership by empowering them to teach digital skills to members of underserved communities across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4-H and the Maker Movement<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Maker Movement is thriving, and 4-H programs have the opportunity to get involved and keep 4-H relevant. \u201cMaking\u201d is gaining traction as a strategy to engage young people in building their science abilities. Collectively joining the Maker Movement would accelerate 4-H\u2019s national STEM goals and initiatives while enhancing the abilities of youth as they make innovative breakthroughs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n WeMake 4-H:\u00a0 Everyone Can Make \u2013 New Jersey 4-H<\/p>\n\n\n\n WeMake is a non-profit organization that is trying to spread STEM and Maker education among kids. Our mission is to prove that if given the opportunity, every kid, irrespective of race or socioeconomic background, can learn crucial skills, gain knowledge, and think uniquely to make ground-breaking contributions to the world. We aim to close the opportunity gap and to promote STEM\/Maker education, especially in underprivileged and special needs students, and to encourage more kids to explore options in STEM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tinkering with Technology: A Library Workshop to Support 4-H Youth Development<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n When University of Idaho (UI) Extension brought the Idaho 4-H Teen Conference to UI\u2019s main campus, the conference organizers collaborated with UI librarians to organize a workshop in the library\u2019s newly established makerspace, the Making, Innovating, and Learning Laboratory (MILL). In the MILL, the students used cutting-edge technology to foster new or existing interests in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). This article describes how Extension and 4-H youth development professionals can team with librarians to use library makerspaces to introduce 4-H high school students to STEM technologies and digital literacies that will be necessary for jobs of the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Did you know that May is National Inventors Month<\/a>? This annual celebration was created to promote \u201cthe positive image of inventors and the real contributions they give to this world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Rube Goldberg Institute for Innovation and Creativity<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Includes contests, resources for hosting your own maker events, and articles on how innovators have been inspired by Rube Goldberg. There is a kits and projects section<\/a> of the organization\u2019s shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWashington 4-H Records, Forms, and Guides<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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