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Our last post is a challenge that we would like to pose to you for the whole summer, and it will hopefully be easy and FUN for you to do. Get outside!  Today, I took my 4-Her's out in search of grey whales (and we even found some). More importantly, we had a blast and got so much out of the fresh air and beautiful scenery. We hope you will do the same!  We look forward to seeing your photos on the Alaska 4-H facebook page...And don't worry, we'll be back soon with some fun project ideas, just not quite so often!- Kate Schaberg, Kodiak 4-H Project Coordinator, mom of 4-H Cloverbuds and Designer of the Blog
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Are you ready to create something amazing?!
A Rube Goldberg machine, named after American cartoonist Rube Goldberg, is a machine intentionally designed to perform a simple task in an indirect and overly complicated way. Usually, these machines consist of a series of simple unrelated devices; the action of each triggers the initiation of the next, eventually resulting in achieving a stated goal.
Need some more help to get brainstorming? Enter our Rube Goldberg Studio below, designed by Kendra Calhoun, Youth, Family and Community Development Faculty at UAF. 
The first thing to do is to wash your hands and gather your supplies. Ingredients: 4 (8 inch) tortillas 4-8 teaspoons water ½ teaspoon cinnamon 1 tsp sugar 3 cups mixed fruit of your choice ( example: I cup apple, I cup peach, I cup mixed berries) Start by preheating your oven to 350 degrees. Lay your tortillas out on the counter and brush water onto the tortillas with a pastry brush. If you don’t have one, you can just use your fingers. Then mix the cinnamon and sugar together in a small bowl and then sprinkle the mixture onto the tortillas. Next use a pizza cutter or small knife cut each tortilla into eight wedges ( like a pizza) and place the wedges onto a cookie sheet. Bake the wedges for 10-15 minutes.  While you are waiting for the chips to bake, let’s make the fruit salsa! This recipe calls for peaches, apples, and berries but you can use any fruit you like. I chose grapes, kiwi, strawberries and peaches because they are some of our favorite fruits and I love the mix of colors. To make the salsa all you need to do is chop the fruit into very small pieces. Try and get all the pieces similar in size just like you would see in regular salsa. Once it is all chopped just put it in a bowl and mix it together.
When the chips are finished in the oven you can serve them alongside the salsa. So dip away and enjoy!Join us today! Today we will meet at 4:30 PM AK Time, for Sun Salutations with Kendra Calhoun, Youth, Family and Community Development Faculty with UAF Cooperative Extension Service.  Review the poses, then join us to put it all together!
For many of us, things look a little different these days, and 4-H is no exception. As we head into summer, we'd like to create a sort of virtual 4-H yearbook full of messages for each other!
For today's activity, we'd like you to take a minute to ponder what you LOVE about Alaska 4-H. We can't wait to hear it and share it with our 4-H community. Record Your Own Message!
Our friends in Kodiak, AK 4-H would like to share an annual tradition with all of our fellow 4-H'ers at home! You WILL need some sourdough starter to participate - find someone in your community who has some, or make your own with the recipe below.
Step 1: Find your starter!
Ask around your community to see if anyone has some they can share, otherwise use the instructions below to start your own.
Step 2: Feed your starter!
This video gives instructions for 4-H'ers wanting to get sourdough ready for pancakes on Memorial Day.
Step 3: Make Your Pancakes!
Use the recipe below to make your own sourdough pancakes - they're DELICIOUS!
Step 4: Share some leftover sourdough with a friend, and keep some for yourself for later!
Our 4-H starter has been passed around for many many years - we hope this tradition will begin in your own 4-H communities!
Kodiak 4-H is collecting photos of everyone who participates in this project! Please consider submitting to Kodiak4h@gmail.com.
Our goal with this blog has been to get you started with some fun activities, using materials that you have around the house. Who doesn't have some water at their house? Let's experiment! Share your favorite water experiment with us on the Alaska 4-H facebook page!
Elephant Toothpaste!
Please note: this is CALLED toothpaste, but it is NOT. Wear safety goggles and do it outside or into a tub if you have one! Activity complements of Scientific American!
Having too much fun? Check out some more ideas for fun water experiments! Design a "magic" show for your family full of the experiments you've learned!
While you're practicing your sun salutation poses, we have some fun yoga challenges for you to pick from, and we also wanted to share a bit with you about the basics of yoga. Enter the yoga studio below to learn some yoga basics, then try out a fun yoga activity!
Poses to practice for next week's Sun Salutation Zoom Party: Tuesday May 26 at 4:30! Register here!
Marla Lowder, 4-H & Youth Development Agent in the Tanana District, is back this week with a fun STEM project to do with eggs!
Project Discipline: STEM Ages: All ages!! Difficulty level: Easy Supplies: one raw egg and one hard boiled egg Egg observation with a shell
Egg fun without a shell
Now that you've done some observation with your eggs with the shell on, let's see what happens when we remove the shell! Check out the tutorial below, and give it a try - see if you can get your egg to bounce!
Did you have fun with this project? Show us your videos or photos on the Alaska 4-H facebook page OR upload a quick message about your project and how much fun you had to our new flipgrid!
Password: Alaska4h Project Discipline: Arts Ages: All ages!! Difficulty level: Easy Supplies: White sheet of paper, pencil with eraser & black marker OR your camera! Today's challenge is to submit an Alaska 4-H themed piece of artwork that others would be able to color, and submit it at the link below. There are two ways to do this: one option is to submit a pdf of a drawing you've done, the other option is to submit a photo, and we will convert it into a coloring page for you! Before you start, be sure to review the guidelines on the Alaska 4-H Coloring Book Contest Page. All artwork submissions are due by May 25!! Drawing Option
Photography OptionFor this option, you'll submit a .jpg of your favorite Alaska 4-H themed object, and we'll turn it into a coloring sheet for you!
When you're ready, simply get your camera out, find your object of choice and then the hard part - choose just one! Some things to keep in mind:
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