STEAM EDUCATION
Youth explore animal adaptations through testing objects in relation to bird beaks.
Time: 45-60 minutes
Youth will use the makey makey invention kit to build and test digital musical instruments, starting with the piano and moving on to more complex instruments.
Time: 45-90 minutes
Youth will explore the difference between simple, series and parallel circuits.
Time: 45-75 minutes
Youth will become computer scientists and code their own computer program using scratch, a computer coding language developed by MIT.
Time: 45-90 minutes
Youth will explore concepts of density as they work to ballast a model of the real-life ocean exploration robots.
Time: 45-90 minutes
Youth become aeronautical engineers as they design models of flying technologies that help NASA collect aerial photographs.
Time: 45-90 minutes
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Youth will become animal behavior scientists (or ethologists) and examine and explore the behavior of pill bugs.
Time: 45-75 minutes
Youth become aerospace engineers as they design a model rocket out of a straw. Youth will determine the best launch angle for greatest distance.
Time: 45-90 minutes
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Youth will explore the dominion trail located at WVU Jackson’s Mill and observe a wetland ecosystem. Youth will have the opportunity to identify species of plants, animals and insects.
Time: 30-90 minutes
Youth become aerospace engineers as they use engineer design process to build and test model stomp rockets.
Time: 45-90 minutes
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OUTDOOR EDUCATION
Youth will participate in age-appropriate games and activities that work on increasing teamwork, communication and other social skills needed in day-to-day life.
Time: 30-120 minutes
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Youth will learn about different aspects of the environment and Leave No Trace ethics. Specific topics can be requested by educators and all material will be grade appropriate.
Time: 30-60 minutes
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Youth will learn the basics of rock climbing using the rock faces of our Tango Tower. Material will be grade appropriate.
Time: 30-90 minutes
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Youth will play disc gold on the WVU Jackson's Mill course. The style of gameplay will depend on the groups size and age.
Time: 30-120 minutes
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HISTORY EDUCATION
Youth will watch a demonstration & get hands-on experience running a water-powered gristmill with Blaker's Mill. The history of gristmilling in West Virginia and its significance in WVU Jackson's Mill history will be highlighted.
Standards: SS.K.22; SS.1.23; SS.2.20, SS.2.21; SS.4.18; SS.6.9; SS.8.22
Youth will learn about the buildings at Jackson's Mill & how they relate to the early history of West Virginia, including learning about the Jackson family and others who lived and worked in the buildings.
Time: 60+ minutes
Standards: SS.4.18; SS.6.20; SS.7.13, SS.7.14; SS.8.21; SS.8.22
Youth will see a blacksmith shop in action while a historian demonstrate skills & tools used in the process highlighting its importance to WV & WVU Jackson's Mill.
Standards: SS.K.22; SS.1.23; SS.2.20, SS.2.21; SS.4.18; SS.6.9; SS.8.22
Walking the grounds of our campus, youth will learn about the history of Jackson’s Mill, the nation’s first state 4-H camp & how our camp developed from its beginning in 1921.
Time: 60+ minutes
Standards: SS.4.18; SS.6.20; SS.7.13, SS.7.14
Using an electric pot and melted wax, youth will use a length of string to make hand-dipped candles.
Standards: SS.2.20, SS.2.21; SS.4.18; SS.6.9; SS.8.22
Youth will use a hand crank, tabletop rope machine to make their own small piece of twisted cotton rope roughly the size of a bracelet.
Standards: SS.K.22; SS.1.23; SS.2.20, SS.2.21; SS.4.18; SS.6.9; SS.8.22
Preserved food samples are used to demonstrate the importance of various foods & food preservation types early settlers used. Participants will also make their own butter.
Standards: SS.2.20, SS.2.21; SS.4.18; SS.6.9; SS.8.22
Using replica toys and a variety of household items, youth will try old-fashioned games, learn how people entertained themselves and compare them to modern games.
Standards: SS.K.22; SS.1.23; SS.2.20, SS.2.21; SS.4.18; SS.6.9; SS.8.22