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Environmental Education Project

In the 4-H Environmental Education projects, you will learn:

• about ecological systems;
• about biological principles of living organisms; and
• skills such as decision-making, getting along with others, self-responsibility, planning and organizing, and improving your knowledge of general science and technology.

Project Materials (For Youth Ages 8-18)

You will enjoy the challenge and excitement of exploring the ecology, science and technology of the environment with this project. The materials present basic ecological concepts to
help you develop scientific thinking and processing skills. Concepts include the four elements of life, connections among living things, and how all plants and animals are affected.

Member and Leader Manuals (Ages 8-18)
EE 1      Eco-Wonders
EE 2      Eco-Adventures
EE 3      Eco-Actions
EE H     Helper’s Guide     

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION - Level 1 (Ages 8-10)

• Eco-Wonders teaches 4-Hers to use the scientific method to investigate what plants need, how the four elements of life interact, describe the food chain, measure the weather, make a compost file, how to clean an oil spill plus several bird & animal related activities. Available through National 4-H Council.
  

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION - Level 2 (Ages 11-13)

• Eco-Adventures explore how things in nature interrelate, what happens to garbage after it is thrown away, how farmers control pests, what resources for wildlife are found in their neighborhood and much more. Available through National
  4-H Council.

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION - Level 3 (Ages 14-18)

• Eco-Actions explores biochemistry, the biome, urban sprawl and wildlife and biodiversity. Each section focuses on an ecological concept and provides activities that help youth explain environment. Available through National 4-H Council.

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION Leader/Helper Guide

This Helper's Guide will help you support youth in his or her efforts to set goals and complete activities, as well as providing resources for the member's to use in completing the series. Available through National 4-H Council.

Supplemental Materials:

General Publications

Cycling Back to Nature:  Food Production and Pesticides
This activity guide is for 4-H members of all ages. This curriculum provides children the chance to use critical thinking skills and the new knowledge gained to debate issues of agriculture production and pesticide use. Available through National 4-H Council.

Goober Etus
This Florida 4-H Environmental Education Activity, grades 3-8, teaches 4-H'ers the basic concepts of: interdependence, adaptation, populations, extinction, habitat, homeostasis, and predator-prey relationships.

Interpretive Orienteering
This Florida 4-H Environmental Education Activity, grades 5 and up, teaches the basic concepts of: self confidence, environmental sensitivity, various ecological concepts associated with the interpretive points, map reading, and taking compass bearings. 

Protective Coloration as an Adaptation for Survival
This Florida 4-H Environmental Education Activity, grades 2-10, teaches 4-H'ers the basic concepts of: individuals and populations, mutations, camouflage, natural selection, morphological adaptations, evolution, and prey and predator relationships. Special activities and concepts are included in this project for grades 8-10.

Environmental Impact Study
This Florida 4-H Environmental Education Activity, grades 7-12, teaches 4-H'ers the basic concepts of: environmental assessment, cost-benefit analysis, economic benefits, short-term use vs. long term, social factors, homeostasis, productivity and planning, and land use. 

Environmental Lifestyles
This Florida 4-H Environmental Education Activity, grades 9-12, teaches 4-H'ers the basic concepts of: lifestyle, quality of life vs. quality of the environment, environmentally sound lifestyle, homeostatic relationship with the environment. 

Owl Prowl Night Hike
This Florida Environmental Education Activity, grades 1-12, teaches 4-H'ers the basic concepts of; predator, prey, adaptations, and territorialism. 

 

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