Tag: 4-H Summer Learning Series

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Introduction to 4-H Goats

This is a part of the 2021 4-H Summer Learning Series. Have you ever thought about owning a 4-H goat? Maybe you’d like goats for pets. Perhaps you’d like to raise them for meat. Perhaps you want to grow your own fiber for knitting or weaving. Or maybe you want dairy goats so you can make […]

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Virtual Touch Tank

This is a part of the 2021 4-H Summer Learning Series. Melissa from the UMaine Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research (CCAR) will introduce participants to some of Maine’s common sea creatures! Youth will visually explore and learn about some of Maine’s sea creatures. Registration closes one day before each session. *This workshop is being offered multiple […]

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Marine science and aquaculture icon

Virtual Touch Tank

This is a part of the 2021 4-H Summer Learning Series. Melissa from the UMaine Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research (CCAR) will introduce participants to some of Maine’s common sea creatures! Youth will visually explore and learn about some of Maine’s sea creatures. Registration closes one day before each session. *This workshop is being offered multiple […]

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First Year in the Lab: Starting Out in Science

This is a part of the 2021 4-H Summer Learning Series. Katie Stevens, a freshman at UMaine is going to meet with youth to talk about her experience as a first-year college student, and what that has meant for her in terms of working in a lab, and experiencing student life. She’s ready to answer any […]

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Archaeology: Past, Present, and Future

This is a part of the 2021 4-H Summer Learning Series. In this series of three workshops, we will learn about how archaeologists study the past and how the objects that we make and use today will be studied by future archaeologists. In the first workshop, we will learn about artifacts, and how what an object […]

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Eat Well, Be Well with Summer Snacks

This is a part of the 2021 4-H Summer Learning Series. Registration deadline: June 15. June 16: Fuel Your Body Using MyPlate Come and find out how certain foods fuel your body. June 23: Choosing Healthy Snacks using the Nutrition label. Learn how to use the nutrition label to choose healthy snacks. June 30: Safety In The Kitchen, […]

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Nutrition Nuggets

This is a part of the 2021 4-H Summer Learning Series. Join us as we read a food-related book and then create an amazing snack that goes with the story. Chefs ages 5yr – 8yrs will be able to create their snacks with very little adult help. Each week we will explore a different food group […]

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Bee a Scientist

This is a part of the 2021 4-H Summer Learning Series. Join in the challenge to help Maine scientists know where the bees and wasps of Maine are being seen. This session will launch a summer-long citizen science challenge to observe, collect and contribute data about these insects. Maine 4-H Citizen Science club members will introduce […]

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4-H Summer Learning Series – part II Registration Open Now!

Maine 4-H is offering its hands-on virtual summer learning series through August 20 with over 50 workshops open to all youth ages 5–18. The 4-H Summer Learning Series includes learning tracks in Arts and Crafts, Food and Nutrition, STEM, Marine Science and Aquaculture, Animal Science and Agriculture, Teen Leadership, and more! Offline projects that can […]

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MyGarden to MyPlate

This is a part of the 2021 4-H Summer Learning Series. Learn about making healthy food choices, where your food comes from, and MyPlate while also learning how to grow and cook with your own vegetables. At the beginning of this four-session series, you will receive an assortment of vegetable seeds and a garden journal that […]

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