San Mateo County has been awarded a 4-H2O Grant from Toyota! Thank you Toyota!
4-H SET Opening Presentation Sept. 2008 PPT
Learn more about our 4-H2O Grant and 4-H SET!
National 4-H SET
National 4-H SET Resources
National 4-H SET Fact Sheet
California 4-H SET
California 4-H SET Steering Committee
2009 4-H National Youth Science Day
2009 4-H National Youth Science Experiment - October 7, 2009
Great webinar on the 2009 4-H National Youth Science Experiment. The webinar recording and materials are available below.
Available Resources and Materials:
* Webinar PowerPoint (from Richard & Steven) at http://www.ca4h.org/SET/NYSD2009/4-HNYSDPP-California2009.ppt
* Webinar File on alternative energy automobiles at http://www.ca4h.org/SET/NYSD2009/AlternativeEnergyAutos.pdf
* Webinar recording at https://cc.readytalk.com/play?id=7ca40n
* Links to UC Research on biofuels at http://www.ca4h.org/SET/NYSD2009/
* Experiment activity & media templates at https://www.4-h.org/nysd/ (You must register first and then sign-in using your email address)
Events Going on Around the State
County activities are listed on the California 4-H NYSE website at http://www.ca4h.org/SET/NYSD2009/. To add your county's events, please send them to Steven Worker at smworker@ucdavis.edu
Tips from 4-H Staff Across the State
Note to facilitator: The activity takes15-30 minutes until balloon has expanded fully. May need an activity or discussion in between.
Tip: If you do not have a funnel, youth can add dry material into the balloon directly. Then place the balloon over the bottle to mix.
Materials needed for 1 kit:
* 4 empty and washed 20 oz plastic bottles
* Plastic funnel
* 4, 9" latex balloons
* Spoon
* 6 tablespoons sugar
* Warm tap water
* 4 tablespoons yeast (less expensive in bulk)
* Corn syrup
* Biomass - ground-up leaves or wheat bran
* Scissors & string
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Steven Worker
4-H Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) Coordinator
2008 4-H National Youth Science Day (4-H NYSD)
2008 4-H NYSD & Steve Spangler's Site
4-H National Science Day Short Experiment
4-H National Science Day Long Experiment