Agents
Extension Agents play an important role in the 4-H robotics program. Through your hard work and dedication, youth have an opportunity to participate in hands-on educational fun that teaches them the technical skills, as well as life skills, necessary to be successful in a digital economy.
Under the Extension Plan of Work, you will be asked to:
- Participate in in-service trainings
- Host county interest meetings or booths
- Realize that robotics may start off as a project and evolve into a club — it’s OK to start small!
- Recruit volunteers
- Assist volunteers in completing the volunteer application packet
- Train volunteers on 4-H fundamentals using the 4-H 101 materials
- Train volunteers on the 4-H robotics year round training curriculum
- Establish a robotics advisory council
- Determine monthly programming for the year
- Assist in securing resources
- Serve as the liaison between the volunteer and the State specialists
- Help prepare youth for contests
- Provide youth with opportunities to apply what they have learned
- Preparing Record Books
- Preparing Record Books
Robotics Lending Library
As the Extension Agent, you are eligible to check out resources from our Robotics Lending Library, provided those resources are available. Please notify the State specialist by email and then fill out the appropriate information on your selection via the Robotics Lending Library Request Form.
Publications
News
RAYMOND, Miss. -- The Mississippi State University Extension Service Center for 4-H Youth Development recently received a grant that will help close the digital divide in the state. The one-year, $53,000 grant from the National 4-H Council and Verizon will help implement the 4-H Tech Changemakers program. The program enlists 4-H members to teach digital skills that can provide more opportunities, including better jobs, to adults in their communities.
Fifty-seven Mississippi 4-H’ers received the highest honor given to youth civilians by the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.
The Aug. 6 Congressional Award ceremony marks the 25th anniversary of the partnership between the Congressional Award Program and the Mississippi State University Extension Service 4-H Youth Development Program.
The Science Scholars camp invites all interested high school students to apply to the June 28-30 event at Mississippi State University.
Success Stories
Building bridges. Programming robots. Presenting research.
Hundreds of Mississippi 4-H’ers looked for new solutions and ways to improve at the 2023 4-H Junior STEAM Day.
Sisters use 4-H skills to produce film festival
“To successfully pull off something like that takes a lot of time and effort,” says Jan Walton, 4-H agent with the Mississippi State University Extension Service in Grenada County, where both girls were members at the time. “They were so busy with school, 4-H, and their other extracurricular activities that their mom, Nanette, didn’t want to put that extra pressure on them. But she later warmed up to the idea, and here we are.”
4-H engineering program moves online
Eight-year-old twins Zadie and Kyra Baughtmann love to build with LEGO bricks, so, when they learned about the virtual 4-H summer camp available in June, they eagerly signed up.