Portland The Portland High School 4-H club, including members of CYFAR Community Central, spent January conducting their winter service learning project. The club members planned two meals for 50 people at the Ronald McDonald House in Portland, Maine. The House is a place for family members whose children are patients at the Maine Medical Center. […]
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Community Central youth have begun looking at climate and weather. Can you make it rain, inside? Yes! Sort of. Using a few easily found/recycled materials youth found that when several forces work together a storm occurs: humidity, temperature, wind, and high/low-pressure systems. Several of these activities use supplies that you might have at home! Information about […]
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Community Central participants at Front Street in Portland have had a busy few weeks exploring density, polymers, and looking at iron content in breakfast cereal! In Lewiston, 4th Graders finished their exploration of different forms of energy by looking at chemical reactions that produce heat as a by-product and how to build a static electricity […]
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Community Central began 2017 by looking at different forms of energy with 4th Graders at McMahon Elementary. Many of these students participated with Community Central as 3rd Graders and some have attended sessions at community partner locations across Lewiston. To explore potential and kinetic energy youth built tracks for marbles using pipe insulation. The first challenge […]
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Youth across Lewiston have been exploring the density of fluids, including experimenting to see how many fluids they could stack on top of one another. At the Root Cellar, Lewiston Housing Authority, and the Boys and Girls Club, the youth had five fluids to stack on top of one another. In the test tube above the […]
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Over the past few weeks, Community Central has been working with 3rd-grade students at McMahon Elementary School to learn all about bats! While learning about bat habitats, students each colored a page of a mural without knowing what the full photo looked like! Each habitat needs four things: water, food, shelter and space. Students have been […]
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Community Central is excited to be working with the Boys and Girls Club Auburn/Lewiston Clubhouse this summer! At the clubhouse, youth are exploring aquaculture and seaweed with the 4-H Summer of Science kit. During a recent session, youth took out microscopes and their science journals to help each other identify rehydrated seaweed samples. Nia, a member of […]
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Last week, the Maine Legislature hosted the University of Maine Cooperative Extension at the Hall of Flags. During this time, 4-H youth from across Maine served with the Honorary Page Program at the Statehouse. These youth, including Community Central Teen Leaders, worked under the supervision of the Senate and House Sergeant-At-Arms and Chamber Staff to participate […]
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Growing Crystal Snowflakes Over winter break, Lewiston’s 4-H Community Central Science scientists took advantage of the extra time for science exploration. A suspension of Borax in water was made. A suspension is a mixture that has solid particles that will separate. Hot water was used so the Borax would stay suspended in the water for a longer amount of time. […]
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