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Fifth-grader Sarp Akalin designs and builds a battery-powered motorboat for Engineers Week. All photos by Evett Kilmartin

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4-H’ers 'motor along’ with boat-building and drive-by animal science lessons

February 24, 2021

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

As many students continue online learning due to COVID-19, 4-H hands-on learning activities are keeping them excited and engaged in education.

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The UC Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center organized a socially distanced pumpkin growing contest in Fresno County during 2020 for local 4-H members, providing opportunities for enrichment and engagement.

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UC Cooperative Extension 4-H offers proven practices for effective online learning

February 17, 2021

Schools and children's social and club activities hastily moved online in the spring of 2020 when across the country Americans began to shelter-in-place to avoid spreading the coronavirus.

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A 6th grader at Avery Middle School assembles a Mars rover. JoLynn Miller hopes the Mars project raises awareness of 4-H in their community and the variety of projects the UC ANR youth development program offers.

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Students explore Mars with 4-H STEM project

February 10, 2021

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

The Perseverance rover will land on Mars on Feb. 18. As part of a science lesson, sixth-grade students at Avery Middle School in Calaveras County explored Mars recently.

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Claudia Diaz Carrasco applies science and 4-H principles to create youth leaders in under-represented communities

February 8, 2021

By Ricardo A Vela

Claudia P. Diaz Carrasco's passion for science started when she was a little girl. She thanks her parents for allowing her to experiment and think out of the box, two concepts that she values dearly.

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Students graduate from nutrition classes offered by EFNEP in partnership with Project Access in Orange County.

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Federal nutrition programs respond to COVID-19

February 1, 2021

In the spring of 2020, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources' Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) and the CalFresh Healthy Living, UC (CFHL UC) Program faced the unprecedented experience of shelter-in-place and school closures due to COVID-19.

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