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Show 4-H Club Electric Projects Teach Valuable Skills Numerous 4-H projects are available for young people, reports re-ports Wallace Sjoblom, county agent 4-H projects are designed to help you learn skills and to share ideas and activities in a ciub group. in the next few weeks we'll discuss briefly sue of the projects pro-jects you might be interested in taking. This week we'll talk about electricity. Electric projects are among the many developed for both urban and rural youth. In Utah, four phnnofl of electric projects are used by 4-H'ers. The first year gives you opportunity to gain an understanding of the importance of electricity in your life. You begin to understand some of the basic principles of electricity and safety measures In handling electrical elec-trical equipment. All projects have special requirements. re-quirements. You make new things, do demonstrations, work with health, safety, community service and recreation. At the end of your project year you display your club's work. As you carry the projects you will learn the theory of electricity, electron movement, static and current electricity. You make such things as a flashlight and a compass, and learn to work with electrical tools. With the more advanced projects pro-jects you make motors and buzzers, buz-zers, and wire control boaidj along with other special activities. activi-ties. A father or neighbor who is interested in-terested In electricity and who is employed In a filed connected with electricity would make an ideal leader for your club. If no one in your neighborhood is trained in this field, an interested interest-ed father or friends can serve as your leader. He may get help from fsecifirations in electrical field if necessary. Personnel at the California -Pacific Utility Co. have agreed to help teach subject sub-ject matter. You can work with fellow 4-H members who are interested In knowing more about the fascinating fascinat-ing field of electricity what it does, how it can be used and how to construct electrical equipment. Contact Wallace Sjoblom, your county agent, for assistance In Ketting your club organized and a project started. |