County Challenges
C) C259900 County Challenge – “Road Trip” Explore creativity, trying new things, and showing where your journey takes you. Whether you’re inspired by places you’ve been, dream destinations, your favorite road trip snacks, a special vehicle, or even the people and pets you’d take along for the ride -your project is up to you! Some examples include: vacation scrapbook, old license plates, project made with maps, etc. Enter your County Challenge project twice - Both in this class to be entered for county challenge awards AND in the most appropriate other class to be judged with similar exhibits. Depending on the second class you designate, it could be state fair eligible.
Also, check out the county challenge project in each level of Photography that goes with the "Road Trip" Theme, "Where in the World is 4-H." Take a photo of a special destination, landmark, or icon. During the Fair, viewers will have an opportunity to guess the location of the photos.
Communications
The communications category provides 4-H participants an opportunity to improve their presentation and public speaking skills. In addition, 4-Her’s will get to demonstrate their knowledge of varying degrees of communication. Competitors have the option of creating a poster, essay, or digital media in the different divisions. Static exhibits in this area will be evaluated on clarity of purpose/message in relation to communication, accuracy of information, originality, creativity, evidence of exhibitor’s learning in this area, and educational value of exhibit to viewers.
Communications, Module 1
Use one or a combination of the experiential activities in the Communications Module 1curriculum to create an educational poster or essay sharing with others what you have learned. Topics may include, but are not limited to: conducting an interview and sharing with a group, giving and understanding directions, evaluating and using appropriate Internet sources, composing a rap, or preparing an illustrated talk
C) B154901 Poster (SF94) – Create a poster, measuring either 22’ x 28” or 24” x 36” that showcases what was learned in this project area.
C) B154902 Essay (SF94) – Write an essay (3-5 pages) that showcases what was learned in this project area.
C) B154903 Caring Correspondence(SF94) – Create a formal or an informal letter, e-mail, or note that shows how much you care, such as a letter of appreciation, a thank you note or a friendship card.
C) B154904 Fairbook Cover designed by 4-H member
- Entry can either be a photo, a computer-generated art design, or a hand-drawn art design.
- Entry must be a photo (can be printed on regular white paper) or an art design created on 8 1/2 x 11” white paper.
- Design/photo must be 4-H oriented.
- Any computer graphics/photos used should be copyright free.
- If using 4-H Clover in design, abide by 4-H emblem regulations as stated on https://4h.unl.edu/name-emblem-guidelines.
- Entry should be mounted on 11x14 black poster board with exhibitor’s name on the back.
Communications, Module 2
Use one or a combination of the experiential activities in the Communications Module 2 curriculum to create an educational poster or essay sharing with others what you have learned. Topics may include but are not limited to: identifying cultural differences in communication, developing guidelines for internet etiquette, evaluating another person’s presentation, identifying communication careers, or preparing a presentation using a form of technology.
C) B154001 Poster (SF94) – Create a poster, measuring either 22’ x 28” or 24” x 36” that showcases what was learned in this project area.
C) B154002 Essay (SF94) – Write an essay (3-5 pages) that showcases what was learned in this project area.
Communications, Module 3
Use one or a combination of the experiential activities in the Communications Module 3 curriculum to create an educational poster, essay, or digital media sharing with others what you have learned. Topics may include, but are not limited to: composing a personal resume, completing research on a speech or presentation topic, identifying ways to reduce risks online, evaluating own cell phone usage and etiquette, critiquing advertisements, and job shadowing a communication professional.
C) B154003 Poster (SF94) – Create a poster, measuring either 22’x28” or 24”x36”, that showcases what was learned in this project area.
C) B154004 Essay (SF94) – Write an essay (3-5 pages) that showcases what was learned in this project area.
C) B154005 Digital Media – Design a form of digital media (advertisement, flyer, short video or presentation, social media or web page etc.) that showcases what was learned in this project area. Upload the digital media file to an online location (website, Dropbox, Google Drive, YouTube Flickr, etc.) and using the web address of the digital media file, create a QR code (using any free QR Code creator, ex, qr-code-generator.com). Print the following on an 8.5’ x 11” sheet of cardstock: 1) the QR code, 2) 1-3 sentences about what viewers will see when they access the QR code on their mobile device.