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Activities
For
Agents, 4-H Volunteers, and Teachers
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Software
Requirements
Development
Funding
Partners
Special
Thanks
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Activities
The 4-H Virtual
Farm takes you on a tour of a very important industry. Find
out why farming is part of your life even if you have never
visited a real farm.
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For
Agents, 4-H Volunteers, and Teachers
The U.S. continues
to become a more urbanized society, and youth growing up today
have little knowledge about farming or how food products are
produced and processed. With only two percent of our population
participating in agricultural production, the average American
is five generations away from "firsthand" experience with farming
(Smith, 1998). The objective of the 4-H Virtual Farm is to provide
youth with an opportunity to learn basic agricultural concepts.
We hope this educational
experience will assist you in "Making the Best Better" for the
youth of Virginia as they pursue their education. In 4-H, the
experience of adults guiding youth as they learn is what we
are all about.
The scope of the
4-H Virtual Farm project is specifically mirrored in the Standards
of Learning for Virginia Public Schools.
| SOL |
Category (science) |
Description |
| 3.1 |
Scientific
investigation, reasoning, and logic |
Student will
plan and conduct investigations in which predictions and
observations are made, inferences are made, and conclusions
drawn. |
| 3.4 |
Life Processes |
Student will
investigate and understand that behavioral and physical
adaptations allow animals to respond to life needs including
feeding, defense, and rearing young. |
| 3.5 |
Living Systems |
Student will
investigate and understand relationships among organisms
in aquatic and terrestrial food chains, including trophic
(predator/prey) type and level. |
| 3.10 |
Resources |
Student will
investigate and understand that natural events and human
influences can affect the survival of species including
human effects on environmental quality, conservation, resource/habitat
management, and species monitoring. |
| 4.1 |
Scientific
investigation, reasoning, and logic |
Student will
plan and conduct investigations in which distinctions are
made among observations, conclusions, inferences, and predictions. |
| 4.4 |
Life Processes |
Student will
investigate and understand basic plant anatomy and life
processes including structure and reproduction. |
| 4.5 |
Living Systems |
Student will
investigate and understand how plants and animals in an
ecosystem interact with one another and the nonliving environment
including adaptations, food web, life cycles, and human
influence on ecosystems. |
| 4.8 |
Resources |
Student will
investigate and understand important Virginia natural resources
including domestic animals and plants, water resources,
soil, and land. |
| 5.1 |
Scientific
investigation, reasoning, and logic |
The
student will plan and conduct investigations in which predictions
are made using patterns. |
| 5.5 |
Living Systems |
Student will
investigate and understand that organisms, including vascular
plants and vertebrates, are made of cells and have distinguishing
characteristics . |
| 6.8 |
Life Processes
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Student will
investigate and understand that organisms perform life processes
that are essential for the survival and perpetuation of
the species including energy transfer, growth, and reproduction.
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| 6.9 |
Living Systems |
Student will
investigate and understand that organisms depend on other
organisms and the nonliving components of the environment,
including trophic level, food webs, and natural cycles. |
| 6.11 |
Resources |
Student will
investigate and understand public policy decisions related
to the environment, including resource management, and cost/benefit
tradeoffs. |
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We want to hear from you! Please let us know what you think of the 4-H Virtual
Farm. Your input will help us design future versions of 4-H Virtual Farm. |
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Software
Requirements
4-H Virtual Farm presentations require one of the
latest Internet browsers,
QuickTime,
and Adobe Flash Player.
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Development
We in 4-H are committed
to providing quality educational experiences for both the youth
and the adults who serve them. We hope you will find the 4-H
Virtual Farm project an example of a quality educational product.
| Mark
Sumner |
Project
Manager |
| Jane
Graham |
Writer |
| Val
Staples |
Graphic
Artist/Web Developer |
| Jeff Mitchell |
Programmer |
| Carl Estes |
Flash Developer |
| Beth Atkins |
Extension Specialist, 4-H Youth Development |
| Joe Hunnings |
Extension Specialist, 4-H Youth Development |
| Daniel
Brann |
Extension
Specialist, Grains |
| Phillip
J. Clauer |
Extension
Specialist, Poultry |
| Barry
Fox |
4-H
Marine/Aquatic Education Specialist |
| Liz
Rucker |
Research Associate,
Grains
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| Kathleen
Stadler |
Extension
Specialist, Nutrition
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| Mark
L. Wahlberg |
Extension
Animal Scientist |
| David
Winston |
Extension
Dairy Scientist |
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Funding
Partners
4-H Virtual Farm
is made possible by the support of our funding partners.
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Virginia
Cattle Industry Board
PO Box 9
Daleville, VA 24083
(540) 992-1992
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| Virginia
Horse Industry Board |
| Virginia
State Dairymen's Association |
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Special
Thanks
We are grateful
to these individuals and their organizations for helping us
visit 4-H Virtual Farm.
Col. Van T.
Barfoot
Leaning Oaks Farm |
William Gee
Virginia State University |
Albert Reid
Virginia State University |
Ms. Kathy Young's
Gifted and Talented Class
Dinwiddie Middle School |
| Alan Graybeal |
Jeremy Daubert
Virginia Tech |
Brad Haga
Virginia Tech |
Donna, Jimmy,
Alex, and Jamie Kerr
Ameva Farm |
Maggie Murphy
AgriGraphics |
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Neal Martin,
C.J. Martin, and Dexter Payne
Brickland Enterprses Inc.
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Ken Riser
Glenwood Farms
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Glenn Chappell
Virginia Cooperative Extension
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Courtney Price
Brandon Plantation |
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