Burt 4-H School Enrichment

Hi! I'm Stacey Keys, your Extension 4-H Assistant here in Burt County! I come with a vast amount of curriculum and programs from my past experiences that I can offer but I’m always willing to listen first to your needs and the needs of your students. I specifically focus in the areas of College & Careers, STEM, and Leadership! But I have very eclectic interests!

Email: stacey.keys@unl.edu
Website: burt.unl.edu
Location: 111 N 13th St suite 6, Tekamah, NE, USA
Phone: 402-374-2929
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BurtNeExt

School Enrichment programs are a cooperative effort between schools, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Nebraska Extension, which complement the educational goals of all organizations. The materials used in 4-H are based on research and produced by specialists from the University of Nebraska, National 4-H, and various universities and organizations throughout the United States. The lessons use the Experiential Learning Model: Do, Reflect, and Apply to develop critical life skills.

4-H School Enrichment resources include teacher guides, student manuals, DVDs, teaching kits, and staff presentations. All lessons are FREE, unless otherwise designated!

If you have any specific topics or areas that you would like resources on please let's have a conversation! Especially in the areas of College & Career Readiness, STEM, Entrepreneurship, and Leadership.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to call or email. We hope these programs will enhance your existing curriculum and you will take advantage of these programmatic opportunities. We look forward to working with you.

4-H is the premier youth development program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Originating in the early 1900’s as “four-square education,” the 4-H’s (head-heart-hands-health) seek to promote positive youth development, facilitate learning, and engage youth in the work of their community through the Extension Service to enhance the quality of life. For more than a hundred years, 4-H has been dedicated to creating research based learning opportunities for youth that broaden skill sand aspirations nurturing the full potential of youth.

• STE(A)M - Science, Technology, Engineering, (Art), Math

  • 4-H Maps & Apps (GIS)
  • Power Protectors
  • Ozobot Robotics
  • Magnet Science
  • Game Changers
  • Discover Your Computer Code
  • Rockets to the Rescue
  • Power of Wind
  • From the Farm to YOU!
  • Embryology
  • Pumpkin Life Cycle
  • Positively Popcorn
  • Our World

  Personal Development & Leadership
  

  • Purple Ribbon Kids
  • 4-H Health for You
  • Read for Resilience
  • Bully Dance
  • On Your Own & Okay
  • Health Rocks!
  • Leadership Summit

  College and Career Readiness & Financial Literacy

  • Real World Money
  • Leap into Careers!
  • Making Cents of It
  • Smart Cents
  • Discover Your Future

Suggested grade levels: 5th

Sessions: Two-Three, 30-45 minute sessions

4-H Maps & Apps explores how geography and geographic information systems (GIS) help people make smart decisions that improve lives, respect our natural resources, and make a positive impact in our world. Along with practicing how to use a GPS devise and the science behind their mapping.

Suggested grade levels: 4th

Sessions: Two, 30-45 minute sessions

Power Protectors is a collection of activities that teach kids how to address real-world issues and explore careers in energy. Superhero Hideout – Kids will learn about renewable energy and design an electrifying Power Protector hideout! Energy Island Adventure – Playing this collaborative board game, kids work as a SUPER team using solar, wind and hydropower to save endangered Energy Island!

Suggested grade levels: 1st-4th

Sessions: Three, 30-45 minute sessions

The pocket-sized Ozobot Robot can follow a line and be programmed with just markers and paper! Students will explore the engineering design model by brainstorming with a small group an unique obstacle course, building their program, testing their obstacle course, and sharing their success and failures.

Suggested grade levels: 2nd-3rd

Sessions: Two, 30-45 minute sessions

How is our world a magnet? Are you sure my pop can won't be attracted to a magnet? Magnet Science allows students to take their magnet knowledge to the max and practice what attracts, what repels, and what really doesn't care for magnets!

Suggested grade levels: 4th-8th

Sessions: Three, 30-45 minute sessions

Game Changers is a collection of three activities that teaches kids computer science (CS) skills through game play, puzzles and animation all centered around topics they care passionately about. Developed by Google, 4-H, and West Virginia University Extension Service, it includes a computer-based activity on Google’s CS First platform and two unplugged activities that can be done all at once or individually.

Suggested grade levels: 2nd-12th

Sessions: Two-Three, 30-45 minute sessions

Depending on your grade level, we have a variety of computer and unplugged lessons to help develop and fully an understanding and working knowledge of the computer coding world that touches our everyday life. We hope to be able to build on instruction learned in previous lessons and explore lots of different avenues to help youth find their niche.

Suggested grade levels: 4th+

Sessions: Two-Three, 30-45 minute sessions

Rockets to the Rescue is an engaging activity that gives young scientists an opportunity to let their imagination take flight and explore how aerospace engineering addresses real world problems, such as delivering food and supplies in emergency situations. Participants will apply lessons in science, math and physics to design and build an aerodynamic Food Transportation Device (FTD) that can deliver a payload to a desired target using different trajectories.

Suggested grade level: 5th—8th

Sessions: Two-Three, 45-60 minute sessions

Are you looking for something to spark engineering and science interest among middle school kids? The activities in The Power of the Wind curriculum involve young people in the engineering design process as they learn about the wind and its uses. Youth work with members of a team to design, create, build, and test a wind powered device.

The device must solve a problem and requires the designers to balance options and constraints. Participants are guided to make adjustments and retest until the vehicle or machine solves the original problem.

Suggested grade level: K-3rd

Sessions: Three, 30-45 minute sessions

Agriculture provides for our daily needs; food, clothing and shelter as well as farmers growing plants and raising animals that are used for fuel and fiber. In this curriculum, students will explore the role of agriculture in their daily lives and understand how most of the necessities of life can be traced back to the farm and nature.

Lessons...

• Farm Web
• My Cheeseburger Comes from a Farm
• Helpful Hydrogels

Suggested grade level: 3rd

Sessions: Three, 30-45 minute sessions

4-H Embryology teaches students about science and respect for life. Students hatch chicks in the classroom and witness the exciting miracle of life. Students take the responsibilities of caring for the fertilized eggs and then the chicks after they have hatched. Following each session, the hatched birds are given to local farmers.

Suggested grade level: K-3rd

Sessions: Three, 30-45 minutes

Students will learn the concept of a life cycle by recreating the various stages of growth and development of a pumpkin through a hands on activity. Learning about life cycles will help in understanding the many elements of agriculture.

Suggested grade level: K-4th

Sessions: Three, 30-45 minutes

This lesson is a hands on activity on the process of how popcorn pops using gas as a form of matter. Youth will use science to learn the importance of agriculture and how popcorn goes from a seed to a snack. (Also great for teaching the state of matter!)

Suggested grade level: K-4th

Sessions: Three, 30-45 minutes

Students will learn how our worlds natural resources are divided up and what we actually have at our finger tips to help us survive.

Suggested grade level: K-2nd

Sessions: Three, 45-60 minute sessions

The lessons are focused on the 4-H Essential Elements (basic developmental needs of youth). Your child listened to a story based on the topics below and completed a couple hands-on activities to explain the concepts.

• Belonging (understand what it means to belong to a group or team): Everyone Belongs by Heather Avis & Sarah Mensinga
• Generosity (understand how to demonstrate being generous with others): Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett
• Independence (identify similarities and differences between themselves and others): Have You Filled a Bucket Today by Carol McCloud
• Mastery (understand how repetition and practice creates mastery of a skill): The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires

Suggested grade level: K-4th

Sessions: Three, 45-60 minute sessions

Lesson 1: "Think Your Drink" is all about knowing what drinks we put into our bodies, how much sugar we can consume, and how to make the best beverage choices for our health!

Lesson 2: "Down the Drain" is about washing those germs away, proper handwashing techniques, and how germs can help us or hurt us.

Lesson 3: "Brain Power" is learning how to use our head to be creative, caring, and make healthy food choices!

Suggested grade level: K-2nd

Sessions: Each session is about 30-45 minutes. The program is designed to be taught in a customized format for whatever your class may need.

We play an important role in young children’s emotional development in addition to helping them cope. Using children’s literature in an interactive way, we can help children heal. Using an engaging format, Read for Resilience may help children better understand their experiences and improve their coping skills.

Lessons include the books:

• What is Coronavirus? (physical distancing)
• A Terrible Thing Happened (emotions)
• Becoming a Super Hero: A Book for Children Who Have Experience Trauma (feelings)
• Bubble Trouble: Using Mindfulness to Help Kids with Grief (loss & grief)
• Everybody Needs a Buddy (caring for others)
• Giraffes Can't Dance (unique strengths)
• How is Daniel Feeling? (identify feelings)
• "I Have a Little Problem," said the Bear (frustration)
• I'm Here (community, empathy, and kindness)
• My Heart Fills with Happiness (celebrating what makes you happy)
• Once I was Very Very Scared (stress)
• Owl Babies (separation anxiety)
• Saturday (adapting to changes)
• Say Something! (voice, creative, and courage)
• Swimmy (teamwork)
• The Big Umbrella (kindness, hospitality, inclusivity, and acceptance)
• The Goodbye Book (saying goodbye emotions)
• The Good Egg (acceptance and self-care)
• The Invisible String (sadness, anxiety, loss, or grief)
• The Tenth Good Thing about Barney (loss of a pet)
• The Way I Feel (connecting emotions and their meanings)
• Wemberly Worried (worry and anxiety)
• What Color is Your Day (connecting feelings to colors)

Suggested grade level: 2nd—4th

Sessions: One, 45 minute session

Bully Dance is a DVD program that deals with conflict resolution. This DVD shows a bullying situation; where no one stops the dance until serious harm is done. It compels viewers to take stock of their actions and find ways to end peer abuse. The purpose of this program is to provide a starting point to address bullying in your class, the playground, and the school community. There are numerous lessons provided.

Suggested grade levels: 3rd—4th

Sessions: Three, 30-45 minute sessions

About 90% of third graders indicate that they are being left home alone for at least 20 minutes during a typical week. This class will cover a series of lessons about what to do when you are left home alone. Handouts supplement the topics. Topics include:

· Are You Ready?: Youth Assessment, family rules

· Who’s There?: Communication safety tips

· Where To?: Walking to/from school, emergency numbers

· Be Prepared: First aid youth assessment, home hazards

· Snack Attack: Kitchen safety, recipes for snacks

Suggested grade level: 2nd—8th

Sessions: Each session is about 30-45 minutes. The program is designed to be taught in full but individual lessons can be utilized individually

Health Rocks! is a curricula for a healthy living program where youth participate in hands-on activities that educate them on the consequences of tobacco, alcohol, and drug use. The program aims to:

· Reduce youth smoking and tobacco use.

· Help youth build life skills that lead to healthy lifestyle choices with special emphasis on youth smoking and tobacco use prevention.

· Help youth understand influences and health consequences of tobacco, drug, and alcohol use to make healthy choices.

· Engage youth and adults in partnership to develop and implement community strategies that promote healthy lifestyle choices.

· Build positive, enduring relationships with youth involved as full partners through widely varying “communities of interest” to address youth risk behaviors.

Suggested grade levels: 6th

Sessions: Three-Five, 45 minute sessions OR full day event

At a critical time when early middle school students choose to take the wrong “trail” in life, help prepare them to be tomorrow’s leaders and role models through Leadership Summit! Middle school youth will see the world from a new perspective and learn to be more effective leaders as well as team members after participating in this program. Leadership discovery and personality trait assessment sessions followed by engaging interactive leadership development activities will build knowledge of interpersonal and teamwork skills.

Suggested Grade level: 5th-8th

Session: One, 4hr event OR Four, 45 min-1hr sessions

Cost: $5/student

This interactive financial management program is designed to help middle school students become better prepared to make financial decisions as young adults.

Schools should bring one adult for every ten students. Teachers/adults will work with students to develop financial skills and put them into practice throughout the day in a real world simulation.

The student will:

• Experience a real life simulation where they can express their views on financial resources and learn the impact of the views on future decisions.
• Explore careers and resources that are available.
• Be able to make wise credit choices.
• Gain a better understanding of family finances.
• Realize the limits of financial resources both within the family and as a young adult.
• Have fun learning together.

Suggested grade level: K-4th

Sessions: Two-Four, 30-45 minute sessions

It’s never too soon to encourage students to take the LEAP! The jungle they will face in the world of careers can be pretty overwhelming. How does one decide at 8, 9, 10, or even 18 what career will be a good fit? How does one prepare for a future in which many professions aren’t even a twinkle in somebody’s imagination? The best backpack of skills we can send with young learners is the thirst for knowledge. In this information age. We can’t hope to teach them everything they’ll need to know for a future career. They’ll need to continue to learn over their entire lifetime. The LEAP curriculum was developed to help youth understand various career opportunities in the Nebraska Career Education Career Fields and Clusters. Students design a Learning Experiences Action Plan (LEAP). They’ll create a road map to follow that will help them take full advantage of the many learning opportunities along the path to employment.

Suggested grade levels: 2nd—3rd

Sessions: Three, 45 minute sessions

You’re never too young to start learning how to spend and save money. This program will help students learn more about money through listening to stories and doing “hands-on” activities. Topics will include: history of money, wants and needs, savings, counting money and making change, and consumer sense.

Suggested Grade Levels: 4th-8th

Sessions: Two-Five, 45 minute sessions

Smart Cents is a financial literacy program delivered through hands-on application and practice of everyday economic activities. This hands-on workshop serves to build a foundation of financial skills and habits that will set young learners up for long-term success! In this engaging workshop, youth will learn about (1) financial decision making, (2) spending/saving, (3) credit/debt, and (4) income/employment. These engaging individual and group activities are provided by the Smart Cents activity guide and workshop facilitator.

Suggested grade level: 5th-8th

Sessions: Three, 45-60 minute sessions

Youth will discover their personal College and Career interests and aspirations. They discover careers, learn the college lingo, and develop their own SMART college goals.

If you are interested in any of this programming or would like more information please contact me at Nebraska Extension in Burt County, 402-374-2929, Stacey Keys, Extension Assistant (stacey.keys@unl.edu).

The purpose of a 4-H school enrichment program is to:

· Encourage long-term involvement in 4-H for enhanced positive youth development.

· Enhance the relationship between 4-H and the school system (public or private).

· Provide non-formal education to complement formal education, leading to better educated youth.

· Enhance the subject matter area being studied.

· Foster and promote enthusiasm and support for participation in 4-H programs, events, and activities.

What does a quality experience look like?

· Delivered by 4-H staff, trained volunteers or teachers.

· A sequential and varied learning experience supporting the school curriculum.

· Youth are able to articulate that this is a 4-H sponsored project.

· An evaluation is completed by teachers and/or school participants.

Stacey Keys, Extension Assistant, stacey.keys@unl.edu

Email: stacey.keys@unl.edu
Website: burt.unl.edu
Location: 111 North 13th Street suite 6, Tekamah, NE, USA
Phone: 402-374-2929
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BurtNeExt