4-H Pumpkin Chuckin

Here it comes...

The 4-H Regional Pumkin Chuckin contest will be held in conjunction with the 2011 Gaston County Cotton Ginning Days event (October, 2011). 

Come out to this year's Cotton Ginning Days event (October 9th, 2010) and seek out the 4-H Pumpkin Chuckin contest display. 

We will have rules, workshop calendar, and more event details to hand out, as well as demonstrations and a display from a past world record holding team, Romans' Revenge.

Pumpkin Chuckin

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Think you've got the engineering skills to launch a pumpkin the farthest?

4-H West Central District Science and Engineering Fair

The 4-H West Central District Science and Engineering Fair (November 6th, 2010) is a district wide pinnacle event for 9 to 19 year old youth that have shown an interested in science and engineering. The Fair encourages students to investigate their own questions and interests through scientific inquiry and research. The student becomes the scientist and when completed, their project combines reading, writing, mathematics, critical thinking, and scientific methodology. Participation in scientific research assists students in understanding how scientists and engineers work and encourages them to consider a career in these fields. Workshops for interested groups are available from the fair coordinating committee to assist educators in implementing scientific research into their programs.

Students involved in science fair projects learn the nature of science and skills to help meet the challenges of the future. By participating in the fair, students learn how to isolate, attack and solve important problems, all within the framework of organized, logical thought and study. Participants have an opportunity to progress on to other regional, state, and international fair opportunities.

Our program is aligned with and supports the North Carolina State Standard Course of Study in Science. The NC Standard Course of Study in Science for grades K-12 states that “Learning science is something students do, not something that is done to them.” All grades have the same strands for content teaching of the goals and objectives that include the “Nature of Science” and “Science as Inquiry”. Students taking Honors courses are expected to “complete more independent and in-depth scientific investigations”. Students should be “involved in exploratory, experimental, and open-ended learning experiences.”

To learn more contact the Gaston County 4-H Office at 704-922-2110 or click on the link below.

Information and Forms

The amazing Embryo!

Gaston County 4-H offers the most involved experiential embryology instruction in the state of North Carolina through its federally licensed quail incubation program.

As a Gaston County Schools Department of Instruction approved program, utilizing North Carolina State Standard Course of Study aligned material, the 4-H Embryology Program integrates agriculture, life science, and life skills with formal and nonformal education. Students, parents and teachers have touted this program as the highlight of their academic year. Through direct program assessment we know that youth participating in this program show dramatic improvement in their attitude toward science, increased knowledge of agriculture practices, and science related grades.

In the past two years alone we have had more than 2,256 students from over 128 Classrooms participate, of which 90% reported an increase in interest of related scientific concepts, 84% reported an increase in science related grades and topic comprehension, and educators reported across the board increases in overall scientific interest, skills, and knowledge.

The 4-H Quail Embryology program is designed for the 2nd grade, however, other grade levels do participate to support reinforcement of related scientific concepts. Participating teachers receive, classroom incubators, free quail eggs and teaching materials. They will also have the option of purchasing additional supporting resources at cost through the local 4-H office.

For more information please contact the Gaston County 4-H office at 704-922-2110