Today we have a different set up for you: one activity for the teens, and another for our younger audience. We'll start with the teens, so if you're in the younger group category, scroll on down to the section in green. Project Discipline: Critical Thinking, Discussion, Essay Writing Age: Teens Activity provided by: Mara C. Bacsujlaky, Assistant Professor, 4-H and Youth Development at UAF
Your job: Listen to the audio(s) below, then choose one and share your thoughts about the painting and audio in a journal response. We have several questions you may choose to use as prompts for your writing. Share some of your thoughts with us!
Project Discipline: Critical Thinking, Art
Age: Any Supplies: art supplies of your choice The Museum of Modern Art in New York City is one of the world’s best-known museums for modern and contemporary art. A painting housed there, that you may have seen before is shown below (photo taken from MoMA site).
Listen to the 1 minute audio below as you look at the painting. Then head outside and create a piece of art, using your own sky as inspiration. We can't wait to see your artwork. Choose any medium to enjoy - it could be a pencil sketch, a watercolor, a pastel...use what you have and what you like!
Feel free to share your responses on the Alaska 4-H facebook page!
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Project Discipline: Nutrition and Health Ages: all ages Difficultly: easy Supplies: graham crackers, strawberries (or any berries you have in your freezer), yogurt, knife, spoon, cutting board, bowl, wax paper or plastic wrap, fork or potato masher, measuring cups Don't have all the ingredients? Don't worry! Scroll down for other ideas!
Let's get started!The first step is to dice your berries into small pieces. Put them into a medium bowl and mash about half the berries with a fork or potato masher to release some of the juices. Next add in the yogurt and stir just until combined. Once that is done, take your graham crackers and break them in half. Then add a spoonful of the yogurt mixture onto 12 of the graham cracker pieces. We laid ours out on a sheet pan to make sure each cracker got about the same amount. Then top each one with the remaining graham crackers. ![]() Lastly, wrap each of your treats in wax paper, plastic wrap, or a sandwich bag and put on a flat surface in the freezer for 2-4 hours. After you've waited for what feels like forever, take out your treat and enjoy! Don't have all the ingredients? Experiment with new flavors!Here's another version, but using bananas and pudding instead of berries and yogurt! Delicious!! Don't forget to share your photos on our Alaska 4-H Facebook Page!
First thing's first! Find the free end of your yarn.
Pinch the end of the yarn between your thumb and pointer finger. The tail should be facing the back.
Next you are going to pull the bottom loops up and over the top loops, beginning with your pointer finger (Finger 1)
Repeat for all your fingers. Drop the yarn being held by your thumb. It won’t go anywhere! Weave in between your fingers like before. Repeat pulling the bottom loop up and over the top. Keep repeating until your piece is as long as you want or you run out of yarn.
Repeat with the rest of your loops. When all the loops are off of your fingers, pull the end tight. This will keep your loops from going anywhere. Your finger knitting is complete!
There are tons of things you can make with finger knitting. Now that you know the basics, do a quick search on finger knitting projects, and see what patterns you can find. A quick Pinterest search brought up some ideas shared below, and the photo up top has a link to some other great ideas.
Remember, practice makes perfect! Show us your creation on the Alaska 4-H Facebook page!
Project Discipline: STEM
Ages: All ages Difficulty level: easy Supplies: balloon & a bottle
Your STEM Challenge this week is to figure out how to blow up a balloon using a bottle. Think back to what you learned with last week's challenge if you need some help. Marla shows how she does this trick in the video below, but there are tons of ideas out there, including the ones in your own brain - feel free to experiment and create magic your own way!
Even though so many of our 4-Hers are physically apart, our 4-H team in Sitka, Alaska, is still finding ways of using the joys of the Tongass to bring them (virtually) together. Let's join them and bring the joys of nature from where you live to the parade! This Friday, Sitka Spruce Tips 4-H will be hosting an online Party of the Species—celebrating Sitka 4-H’s 19th year of coming together to celebrate creatures that rely on the Tongass. The Party of Species will be held on April 24th at 1pm and is open to all ages. Dress up as your favorite creature and let's party! Don't forget: Contact Emily for the password, or for more information: emily@sitkawild.org. Get Creative! In honor of Earth Day, use items from around your house, and upcycle them into your costume!In anticipation of this event, here are some photos from past Parade of Species: Busy on Friday at 1? We'd still like to see what you can create.
Spoiler: They taste MUCH better in real life! Here's how it works:Make your favorite sugar cookie dough recipe. Only follow the directions for making the dough. We used Betty Crocker's recipe, straight out of my old fashioned cookbook:
Final step: Snap a photo, share to Alaska 4-H facebook and ENJOY!
Project Discipline: Environmental Science
Ages: all ages Difficulty level: easy Supplies: dependent on your activity Today's activity is simple: get outside and do something to benefit the world around you.
We may not be able to do a service project together this year, but if we all work on small things to benefit our environment, the world will be a better place.
Be sure to share your photos with us on the Alaska 4-H facebook page.
Project Discipline: Yoga
Ages: All ages Difficulty level: Easy Supplies: Some space outdoors
Today our friend Kendra Calhoun has some Earth Day inspired yoga for you. Your challenge is to get outside to do this week's yoga session.
The second part of this challenge is for you to set an intention for your Earth Day yoga. To give you some help with this, we've asked Julia Schaberg for some help. She is a dear friend of mine, grandmother to my children, AND she has over 25 years of experience as a fitness instructor, changing the lives of people wherever she goes. Here's what she has to say:
Be sure to share your photos and intentions, if you're comfortable, on Alaska 4-H facebook!
Project Discipline: STEM
Ages: All ages Difficulty level: Easy Supplies: A plastic liter bottle, a couple of quarters, some water and a freezer!
Ages: All ages
Difficulty level: easy Supplies: glue, purple food coloring, borax, water
First things, first. Why are we making GAK??? Our friends from Juneau 4-H share some of the reasons they love GAK!
Convinced? Let's try it! The step by step directions have been written out for you, but we also have a demonstration on how its done: Let's Purple Up Alaska with Gak! |
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