School Enrichment

4-H STEM Adventures is a curriculum of six STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) lesson plans that teach STEM principles and 4-H life skills via a challenge to be solved using low-cost, easy-to-find materials. Each lesson has two tracks: an open-ended exploratory option and a step-by-step guided option. Videos introduce each challenge and provide sample solutions for viewers. These lessons are appropriate for youth ages 8-13 and can be used in the classroom, 4-H club, home, and out-of-school settings. In this challenge, the youth will build a marble maze that moves a marble from start to finish. Challenge 1 introduces the STEM concept of iteration and targets the life skills of planning and resilience. Authors: Jessica Mellon, and Christine Allred; Title: Challenge 1-Marble Maze, 4-H STEM Adventures-Facilitator Guide (EC-14)

4-H STEM Adventures is a curriculum of six STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) lesson plans that teach STEM principles and 4-H life skills via a challenge to be solved using low-cost, easy-to-find materials. Each lesson has two tracks: an open-ended exploratory option and a step-by-step guided option. Videos introduce each challenge and provide sample solutions for viewers. These lessons are appropriate for youth ages 8-13 and can be used in the classroom, 4-H club, home, and out-of-school settings. In this challenge, Youth will build a paper tower as tall as they are. Challenge 2 introduces the STEM concept of constraint and targets the life skill of problem solving. Authors: Jessica Mellon, and Christine Allred; Title: Challenge 2-Tall Tower, 4-H STEM Adventures-Facilitator Guide (EC-14)

The 2019 Extension annual report