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Join the Revolution of Responsibility
Why 4-H STEM? You Are the Revolution!
All,
The 4-H STEM Institute is about applying new information, technology, research based applications to Service Learning and Community Service. The objectives are to form a Youth-Adult Team that will select a Community Need or Issue, attend the STEM Institute in one specific track and then return home to apply the new knowledge through setting up a demonstration, creating awareness through media, or teaching workshops.
In keeping with the Service Learning model each activity should be followed up by Showcasing the teams outcomes and Celebrating the final results.
This year we are offering tracks in Digital Media, Robotics, Alternative Energy, GPS/GIS, and iGreen (environmental projects) plus the new additions of Animal Biotechnology and Entomology. For the summer of 2012 we are planning 2 STEM Institutes in order to accommodate more teams and avoiding scheduling conflicts.
Participants should be a core leadership group that is willing to follow through with their selected projects and an adult who is willing to work with the teens and help facilitate the process.
Dates will be:
June 13-14, 2012
June 27-28, 2012
Registration Due:
May 15, 2012
Cost will be $30 for the Institute and teams are free to stay on or off campus which ever works best for each group. Staying in the OSU Suites will be an additional $30 per person. Registration includes 4 meals, breaks and a pool party. No refunds please.
Project Tracks for Summer 2012
| Alternative Energy | Animal Biotechnology |
| Entomology | Digital Media |
| Geospatial - GPS | iGreen - Environmental Conservation |
| Robotics | Examples from Past Projects |
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Get your county youth involved in the fascinating science of entomology through making an Insect Collection! Entomology is inexpensive, fun, easier than you might think, and accessible to all ages and abilities. Completed collections can be entered in county and state fairs, too! This STEM Institute will provide participants with skills and tools for making an insect collection and will also include fun activities from the new National Entomology Curriculum. Come gain confidence in a new science and then start your own entomology club back at home!
Instructor(s):
Andrine A. Shufran, PhD
Insect Adventure Coordinator
Dept. Entomology and Plant Pathology
Potential County Projects:
Start 4-H Clubs about Entomology, teach workshops on Insect Pinning, Insect Collection, Fair Projects, and start your own Insect Zoo.
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Session only Offered June 27-28, 2012
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Teams will discover the art of digital photography and explore the world of filmmaking while gaining the skills and techniques used to create movies. Digital media will cover lighting, flash photography and editing. Teams will learn how to tell their story with videography from professionals working in the field.
Instructor(s):
Austin Moore
TV Producer/Director
Agricultural Communications Services
Lyndall Stout
SUNUP Host/Senior TV Producer
Agricultural Communications Services
Potential County Projects:
Teams will create posters, videos, and/or photo-stories to create awareness about topics important to them. Past projects have featured bullying, healthy living, 4-H promotion, Therapeutic Equestrian program, and making good grades. Topics are only limited by the imagination.
Project Example Videos:
This session will be offered June 13-14 and June 27-28, 2012
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Teams will learn how assisted reproductive technologies in livestock are being coupled with modern laboratory skills to help in selection decisions of animals. Individuals will gain hands-on experience in collection of embryos from cow reproductive tracts, grading and evaluation of embryos under a microscope and conducting PCR on the embryos to determine the sex of the developing offspring.
Instructor(s):
Jennifer Hernandez Gifford, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor
Animal Biotechnology
Dept. of Animal Science
Dan Stein
Assistant Professor
Livestock Production
Dept. of Animal Science
Potential County Projects:
Start Animal Biotechnology Clubs, Teach 4-H members Animal Science, Educate livestock producers on new biotech techniques
Videos:
This session will only be offered June 13-14, 2012
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Teams will learn about the First Lego League Robotics Competition. The First LEGO League encourages youth to investigate real obstacles facing today’s scientists. Teams will design, assemble, and program robots using LEGO technology.
Instructor(s):
Ron Markum
Senior Research Engineer
Mechanical & Aero-Space Engineering
Potential County Projects:
Start 4-H Robotics Clubs, compete in First Lego League, or teach robotics to youth.
Project Example: Delaware and Hughes Counties are participating in the FIRST Robotics competition
Videos:
This session will be offered June 13-14 and June 27-28, 2012
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Teams will explore Wind Power, Solar Energy, and Biofuels. Teams will be introduced to the new “Energy Trailer,” which they can use to teach the public about alternative energy sources in a dynamic and hands-on fashion.
Instructor(s):
Shane Robinson Ph. D
Associate Professor
Dept. of Agricultural Education, Communications and Leadership
Sarah Lancaster, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
Robert Scott Frazier, Ph.D., PE, CEM.
Assistant Professor
Energy Management Extension Engineer
Dept. of Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering
Potential County Projects:
Groups will be trained to use the Energy Trailer, Wind Power lessons and lessons about Biofuels. Teams cans start 4-H Alternative energy clubs, and teach others about Alternative Energy.
Project Example: Love County teens have been teaching Wind Energy
Videos:
This session will be offered June 27-28, 2012
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Teams will utilize Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) to launch local “community mapping” projects that provide graphical maps to improve the local community’s social, economic, and environmental conditions.
Instructor(s):
Mark Gregory Ph. D.
Assistant Researcher
Dept. of Natural Resource Ecology and Management
Potential County Projects:
Unlimited, County Teams have mapped illegal dumpsites, historical sites, graveyards, golf courses, storm shelters, fire hydrants, Christmas lights, ghost-towns, and storm sirens. This program is an excellent opportunity to partner with local organizations to raise awareness and teach educational programs.
Project Example: Washita County used GIS/GPS to map illegal dumpsites and shared the map with their County Commissioners for clean up
Videos:
Join the Revolution of Responsibility (watch for the Food Desert Story using GPS and mapping)
This session will be offered June 13-14 and June 27-28, 2012
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iGreen - Environmental Conservation
Teams will conduct a needs assessment and develop a plan to address local environmental issues:
- Recycling/Waste Management
- Addressing Global Warming through Conservation
- Rain Barrels, Composting, Water Conservation
Instructor(s):
Gina Gould Peek, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Cooperative Extension Housing and Consumer Specialist
Robert Scott Frazier, Ph.D., PE, CEM.
Assistant Professor
Energy Management Extension Engineer
Dept. of Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering
Kim Tuscano
Assistant Extension Specialist
Oklahoma Gardening
Dept. of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
Potential County Projects:
Teach about conservations, set up rain barrel demonstrations, start recycling programs.
Project Example: Oklahoma 4-H iGreen
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Funding is available to support STEM training attendance, back home water conservation demonstrations, and programs.
This session will be offered June 13-14 and June 27-28, 2012
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- Tulsa County created a video on Bullying and used it to create awareness (Won a National Award!)
- Garfield County is promoting Health and Nutrition through videography
- Love County teens have been teaching Wind Energy
- Pittsburg County has raised over $12,000 for their T.E.A.M. project as part of their digital media campaign.
- Washita County used GIS/GPS to map illegal dumpsites and shared the map with their County Commissioners for clean up
- Delaware and Hughes Counties are participating in the FIRST Robotics competition
- McIntosh and Haskell Counties have been Teaching Leadership and Promoting 4-H with videos
- Latimer County is starting Recycling Programs
- Other projects include water conservation, videos, and photo-story
- The opportunities are endless.
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Steps in the STEM Service Learning Model,
Form a team of Youth and Adults
- Select a Community Need or Issue
- Learn about that Need
- Identify Community Partners
- Attend training
- Make a plan to ACT on that need by applying STEM
- Teach others about what you have done or learned
- Celebrate the team's success
- Reflect on the program
- Start Over or Continue on with the selected project
If you are interested Mark the Date. If you have any questions please let me know.
Jeff Sallee
Jeff Sallee Ph.D. Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist 4-H Youth Development Oklahoma State University 405/744-8885
