# of Entries: One per class
Premium: Purple $3.75; Blue $3.25; Red $2.50; White $1.25
All static exhibits must have received a purple ribbon at the county fair to advance to the State Fair.
Refer to General STEM Information.
Geospatial, Division 880 Classes
*H880-001 - Poster - Create a poster communicating a GPS theme such as how GPS or GIS works, careers that use GPS or GIS, how to use GPS, what is GIS, GPS or GIS in Agriculture, Precision Agriculture or a geospatial topic of interest.
*H880-002 - 4-H Favorite Places or Historical Site Poster – The 4-H member identifies a favorite place or historical site (including grave sites) in Nebraska. Exhibit should include latitude and longitude, digital picture and local area map. Poster size should not exceed 22” x 28”.
*H880-003 - GPS Notebook – Keep a log of at least five places visited using a GPS enabled device. At least one site should be from a community other than where you live. For each site, record the latitude, longitude and elevation. Also include a description of the site, a paragraph explaining what was interesting about the site or finding it. Photos of each site and/or cache are optional but encouraged.
*H880-004 - Geocache – Assemble a themed geocache (physical geocache is REQUIRED with exhibit). Each geocache should be a water-tight container. It should include a logbook and pencil for finders to log their visits and may include small trinket, geocoins, etc. for the finders to trade. Documentation should include a title, teaser description and the geographic coordinates of intended placement. The entry may include a photograph of the cache in its intended hiding place. Register the site at geocaching.com and include a printout of its registry.
*H880-005 - Agriculture Precision Mapping – 4-H members will assemble a 8 1/2” x 11” three-ring notebook that will include a minimum of 2 digital copies of various data layers that can be used in precision agriculture to identify spatial patterns and/or correlations (printed copies of websites where applications can be purchased is acceptable). A report of how the analysis of the various data will be used to make a management decision.
*H880-007 – GIS Thematic Map – Using any GIS software, create a thematic. Thematic maps can utilize any subject of interest to the 4-H member. Example map would be Amelia Earhart’s or Sir Francis Drake’s voyage, population density maps, water usage maps or 4-H project in Nebraska. Create GIS Map using data from books, and/or internet. Use reliable data, (U.S. Center or U.S. Census Bureau, etc.) Map any size from 8.5” x 11” up to 36” x 24”, should include Title, Base Map, Neat Line, North Arrow, and Legend. Identify the source of your information on the back of map.
*H880-008 – Virtual Geocache – Keep a log of at least 5 places visited using a virtual geocache platform. At least one site should be from a community other than where you live. For each site, record the latitude, longitude and elevation. Also include a description of the site, a paragraph explaining what was interesting about the site or finding it. Photos of each site and/or cache are optional, but highly encouraged.
An asterisk* in front of a division/class number indicates the class is State Fair eligible.