ELECTRICITY for the 4-H scientist

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DIVISION I
4-H ELECTRIC

UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO
College of Agriculture

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK IN FULFILLING THE GOALS OF THE 4-H ELECTRIC PROJECT FOR THE FIRST AND SUCCEEDING YEARS

The minimum goals for credit in the 4-H Electric project vary according to the 4-H member's age and the number of years he or she has taken the electric project. For example, if you are a 4-H member beginning the 4-H Electric project at the age of 10, you will not be required to earn as many credit points as a 14-year-old 4-H member beginning the 4-H Electric project. However, if you are a 12-year-old in your second year of electricity you must earn as many credit points in that year as a 14-year-old does in his or her first year.

Each lesson or goal has been designated a certain number of credit points. These are shown near the title of each lesson or goal. You decide on the lessons you want to study, list them, and add up the credit points.

For a full year's 4-H project credit, the total of your credit points should be at least as many as shown in the following table:

Examples of reading the table below are as follows: (a) An 11-year-old member is required to complete 13 credit points the first year, (b) A 14-year-old is required to complete 17 credit points his first year, (c) A 14-year-old taking the electric project for the third year must complete 16 credit points that year.

We recommend that, if you are taking the 4-H Electric project, you start with the first lesson in the book and go on through to the back of the book in advanced years. But you may skip the less important or less interesting parts so long as you learn the basic lessons. A way to find out whether you know the basic lessons is to read them through and try to answer all questions under the heading "What Did You Learn." If you can answer these questions you may not wish to spend the time doing the things listed under "What To Do."

Minimum Number of Credit Points Required for Each Year's Work in the 4-H Electric Project

This system of credit points makes it possible for you to do the things you want to do with electricity and get credit for them in the 4-H Electric project.

4-H Electric, Division I

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