Session A

A1

Friday 215-330

Driving the 4-H highway has its ups and downs. Sometimes the cars are full of passengers and sometimes we are struggling to fill the car. In this session participants will look at the retention and recruitment messages that are along the 4-H highway. Are they on target and reaching the intended audience? Participants will look at how to keep members in the 4-H car and how to recruit new passengers.

Sarah Torbert

A2

Friday 215-330

Does your state have a state volunteer council or management board? (Note that these groups often include youth.) Join this roundtable discussion led by the chair and vice chair of the California 4-H Management Board to learn from one another. Participants will share successes, mistakes, ideas, and more in small and large group discussions. Our goal is for everyone to take away new ideas and fresh perspectives to improve their organizations and continue growing their own state 4-H programs. There is virtually no cross-talk among these groups from different states, and WRLF is the perfect opportunity to facilitate it. We expect participants to learn ways to increase their group's efficacy, reach, and impact.

Curtis Ullerich

A4

Friday 215-330

As youth and adults increasingly use phone to take pictures, this open up new opportunities to reach new audiences for the 4-H Photography project. Leaders will learn how to add photography projects to their clubs. Participants will be able to help their members enhance their photos through composition, lighting, exposure and storytelling.

Nancy Baskett

A5

Friday 215-330

Imagine you are a youth member of 4-H and are wondering how you could be a Wave of Change beyond 4-H. Participants will walk away with connection, courage, and confidence: Connection with fellow participants through interactive and engaging team building exercise that spurs conversation with strangers. Courage of understanding how 4-H members can take what they are learning within their clubs and projects into the world in and beyond 4-H. We will apply what making tomorrow a better place looks like through our heads, heart, hands, and health. Confidence will be learned as a result of this workshop.

Freddie Silveria

A6

Friday 215-330

Learn about newly developed 4-H Mindfulness curriculum for primary members and its benefits. Participate in hands-on activities to learn a new type of programming for volunteers to integrate physical and mental health into their projects.

Kendra Lewis

A9

Friday 215-330

This workshop is geared towards adult livestock volunteers who will experience hands-on DNA extraction from pea seeds, explore genetic terminologies, and learn about reports on market hog DNA evaluated data. This workshop will change the way 4-H youth look at and select their project animals. This workshop will allow market hog STEM DNA materials and information to be taken by the 4-H volunteer back to their club for implementation. We will provide hand-outs and information that will get youth excited about animal science!

Joshua Dallin

A11

Friday 215-330

You will be introduced to the practice of Sit Spot and how it is different than, and similar to, meditating. We’ll explore the use of journaling to stimulate the imagination, spark self-learning, and further understand the natural world. And we’ll introduce you to Coyote Teaching: our method for creating curiosity in students’ brains that propels them forward in learning and self-empowerment. Corresponds to Earth Seasoned Lesson Plans: Autumn #2 & #3, Spring #1 and Summer #1

A12

Friday 215-330

American Youth Horse Council is a umbrella organization for all youth horse serving entities. They do an annual symposium, but most important they provide great resources. One of the resources is a manual that horse leaders can use as lesson plans and study material. This resource is used by both Western and Eastern 4-H Roundups as a study material. We have revamped it from the old Youth Leaders Manual to the new Horse Smarts with over double the chapters and activities for the leaders to use. The chapter/activities not only deal with horses but leadership, ethics, and numerous other life skills. The purpose is to let the volunteers know that we have replaced the old book with a new one and to share it with those who don't know about it.

Marla Lowder, 4-H Youth Development Agent and Vice President of the American Youth Horse Council

A13

Friday 215-330

4-H Western Region Volunteer Specialists

A14

Friday 215-330

A/B7

Friday 215-500

Build and program a 3-D printed robot in this exciting student-led workshop! Learn how high school student Jacob Field in Wasco County 4-H created a unique 3-D printed robot that can be easily built and programmed in a few hours. The workshop will outline steps taken by Wasco County 4-H to foster student leadership and discuss how to mobilize students as your program's Waves of Change. The robots use Arduino Nanos, touch and light sensors to navigate a maze and can be built for around $15.00 each. This is an excellent way to incorporate robotic technology in a STEM program with a minimal cost. This could be easily added to an existing robotic program, particularly with students who have some programming or soldering skills. Soldering is required in building the robots.

Lu Seapy

A/B8

Friday 215-500 + B8

Participants will be engaged in the direct hands-on project of making a rag rug. Open-ended questions will encourage discussion options for materials, patterns, etc., for the Maker project. Participants will reflect on real world examples and issues which they can then apply their new knowledge and skills. By finishing a sample rug, participants will be able to apply the skills and project knowledge to their own counties, clubs, and communities. In addition, they can work with youth to look for other opportunities to recycle, repurpose, and reuse materials that are normally discarded into a useful project.

Callahan Ward

A/B10

Friday 215-500 B7

Participants will learn the GLOBE data collection protocol, how to collect data, upload data in a variety of ways, and access NASA data for decision making in their communities.

Research Professor Sparrow