Knowledge Merit
Knowledge Merit Field Day
January 9, 2010
It’s time to put Knowledge Field Day 2010 on your calendar. The event will be held on January 9, 2010 at Norton Hall from 9:00am to 12:00pm. You have probably heard of the Knowledge Field Day event. If not, here is a description. The Knowledge Merit Award program recognizes a 4-H members’ understanding in a project area. When a member demonstrates proficiency in the project, he/she receives an award. These awards correspond to the beginning=certificate, novice=bronze metal, junior=silver metal, and advanced=gold metal knowledge levels. These proficiency awards create an incentive for 4-H members to increase their project knowledge. The Knowledge Merit Award Program encourages learning and rewards members for showing project understanding.
Members are given a variety of means for expressing their knowledge. Proficiency is demonstrated by an oral interview, written answers to a project information quiz, a short response to questions about their project or other appropriate hands-on methods. 4-H members show their project understanding during the Knowledge Field Day and at Spring Show. During the field day a project administrator evaluates the 4-H member in a project area in accordance with established criteria. Each project area has defined evaluation criteria. Awards are distributed at community 4-H meetings after the Knowledge Field Day. The following projects have evaluations. If you wish to add a new project or review the current evaluations, please contact Jan Johansen at janjohansen@sbcglobal.net or 530-756-6970 or Avery Campbell, youth leader at kflory@att.net or 662-0117.
Projects include: Aerospace & Rocketry, Archery, Astronomy, Baking, Beef, Breads, Camping and Outdoor Adventure, Cavies, Clothing, Cooking, Dog Care, Entomology, Fiber, Fisheries, Food Preservation, Goats, Goats (Meat), Horse, Leathercraft, Knitting, Music, Pets & Small Animals, Photography, Plant Science, Poultry, Rabbits, Service Dogs, Sheep, Sports, Swine, Woodworking