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Resources and Updates

1. NAE4-HA Conference 2011 - Curriculum Updates 

On Wednesday, October 26th, at the NAE4-HA Conference we held a session called Dancing with our new Curriculum Process.  If you would like to download the materials from the session, they are available below.

Power Points:

Materials from Breakout Sessions:

  1. 4-H Curriculum Design and Development (UbD and Backwards Design)-- Kathleen Jamison, Virginia Tech University


  2. State Examples of Comprehensive Curriculum Approaches (Example from Iowa)-- Judy Levings, Iowa State University


2. National Curriculum Webinar Series 2010

Webinar I powerpoint and presentation
Webinar II  powerpoint  and presentation 

3. Recent and Upcoming Curricula and Resource Releases

Resources:
After the Burn vodcast
Clearwater Revival vodcast
Four Horizons vodcast
Glo World vodcast|
Upstream Downstream vodcast
Wind Inquiry vodcast
Into the Wind vodcast
Renewable Energies vodcast
Search for the above vodcasts here
Filmmaking Workshop (series of video modules)

2010-2011 Curriculum Releases and Overview
There's No New Water
Teaming with Insects
Robotics: Engineering for Today and Tomorrow
Exploring Your Environment
Resources: The 4-H Curriculum Development web site 
 
2009 Releases and Overview
Project Butterfly WINGS web site  and curriculum overview 
Health Rocks!® Intermediate Level curriculum overview  
 
 2008 Releases
The Power of the Wind web site  and curriculum overview 
Reading Makes Cents web site and curriculum overview 
Health Rocks!® Beginning Level curriculum overview 
Computer Power Unlimited web site  and curriculum overview 
ATV Safety  
 

 2007 Releases
Photography web site  and curriculum overview 

 
 

4. Sunsetted Curricula 2010

 Hand out
 

5.  4-H National Directory of Materials

Visit the Web site
Submitting Materials: For Submission Information click here: DOC, PDF, TXT
For Approver Instructions click here: DOC, PDF, TXT
To access the online submission form click here
National Directory of 4-H Materials Resources Printable Bookmark
 

6. Corrections

a) The Power of the Wind Youth Guide: Appendix D and E.
Click here to access a pdf of the corrected pages.

b) Horse Helper's Guide: the graphics on page 33 were labeled incorrectly.
Click here to access a pdf of the corrected page

c) Rising to the Top Dairy Cattle:(08163); the Herd Summary Sheet on page 8 is incorrect.
Click here to access a pdf of the corrected page

d) Acres of Adventure Afterschool Agriculture Curriculum (08331); the Veggie Ink Activity on page 24 is incorrect.
Click here to access a pdf of the corrected page

 
Click Here to access a pdf of the new food guide pyramid.

7. The Prioritization Process 2010

Alignment with the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) priorities
Availability of support and technical assistance for quality implementation of curriculum

When establishing national priorities for curriculum development, the following things are considered:
Emerging and current societal issues
Current or projected youth participation
Gaps that exist in non-formal youth programming
Expressed interest by youth and families
Capacity of the system to respond and/or deliver
Contributions to future workforces
Priorities of current or potential funding partners

Mission Mandate teams and National Program Leaders at USDA are tasked with identifying and establishing priorities within the mission mandate areas: Science Engineering and Technology (SET), Healthy Living, and Citizenship. These priorities are communicated to NIFA, 4-H National Headquarters, and National 4-H Council.  Typically, a National Request for Applications is announced, in direct response to the need for curricula addressing a particular content area.