4-H School Enrichment Proposals
Harlan and Furnas Counties
2025-2026
THIRD GRADE
Foundational Programs:
AgCiting Science
5 Lessons | 45-60 minutes | Agriculture, Science, Language Arts
Youth will discover the science behind agriculture, its products, and its relationship to students. This program includes topics of beef production, dairy production, popcorn, natural resources, lifecycles, and learning from the farm-to-table process. Identified by Nebraska 4-H as a core program for all 2nd and 3rd-grade students.
Health Rocks!
4 Lessons | 45-60 minutes Healthy Living
Health Rocks is a program that aims to reduce tobacco, alcohol, and drug use by promoting healthy living habits and explaining the major health risks associated with substance use. If interested in this program, please reach out to find which lessons will best fit your classroom.
Other Offerings:
Animals Inside & Out
3-6 | 45 Min Sessions Agriculture Literacy
Students will gain knowledge and understanding of livestock, equine, and companion animals through topics of management, body systems, and careers, which will help them understand how animals work inside and out. They will also be able to experience hands-on learning opportunities and think like veterinarians as they learn about various topics, making connections between their knowledge of the animal industry and their lives.
Embryology
2-3 | 45 Min Session | Agriculture Literacy
This lesson teaches youth how life develops by observing the hatching of baby chicks over three weeks. During the lesson, students learn about the makeup of eggs, the difference between stored eggs and fertilized eggs, and the process of hatching chicks. Students assume responsibility for the eggs as if they were the mother hen and rotate the eggs in the incubator daily.
Entrepreneurship + Ag
Varied
Youth will begin by establishing the basics of entrepreneurship by exploring mindsets and skills, creating a prototype, receiving feedback, and learning the art of creating and delivering a pitch. Youth will experience hands-on learning with a group by creating a business model, understanding the power of ‘yet’ and providing positive feedback to their peers.
Healthy Snack, Healthy Me
1 | 30 Min Session Healthy Living
This is a hands-on lesson on nutritious snacks that kids can make themselves. Students will work in groups or individually to create and present their healthy snacks to the class.
Think Your Drink
1 | 30 Min Session | Healthy Living
Many people drink soda and other sugary drinks throughout the day. These drinks don’t add any nutritional value to our diets. Over consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages is a national health concern, and we need to start the conversation about what drinks will help us live healthy lives. This hands-on activity will let kids visually see how much sugar is in their drinks and allow them to try some more nutritious options.
Mindful Me
4 | 30 Min Sessions Healthy Living
This program promotes mindful practices that improve goal management, develop a sense of self, time management, stress management, emotional regulation, and mindful eating.
Purple Ribbon Kids
4 Lessons | 30 minutes | Personal Development, Language Arts
Four lessons were designed around leadership opportunities for mastery, generosity, inclusion, and belonging. Students will participate in hands-on personal development opportunities through the power of storytelling.
Kitchen Science
1 | 45 Min Session | Science
This lesson will show you the different kinds of experiments that can happen with ingredients or supplies you have in your kitchen.