4-H Summer Adventures: Inventor Camp

Welcome to Clark County, Nevada 4-H!Interested in joining 4-H? There are a few ways that students can be involved in the 4-H Program in Clark County.Youth and families can join an existing 4-H club around the county. Clubs are open to youth ages 9-19. Children between 5-8 (Cloverbuds) are welcome to attend club meetings but have to be accompanied by an adult at all times. Check out the clubs shared on our Eventbrite profile for club information and meeting dates.Youth are also welcome to join any of the programs and classes that Clark County 4-H offers. These include multi-session programs, day camp, and overnight camps. Programs and classes are posted year-round and vary in fees.I﻿f you have any questions or concerns,  please contact the Clark County 4-H Team at cc4-h@unr.eduW﻿hat is 4-H?4-H is a community of young people across the United States learning leadership, citizenship and life skills. It began a century ago as an educational program for the nation's rural youth. Today, 4-H meets the needs of and engages young people in positive youth development experiences. 4-H is the youth development education program of University of Nevada, Reno Extension.4-H is the largest out-of-school youth organization in the United States with over 7 million members. There are over 49,000 young people engaged in 4-H programs across the state of Nevada alone. The 4-H program promotes life skills development through an expanding number of delivery modes: 4-H community and project clubs, military and 4-H after-school programs, special interest groups, school enrichment, library programming, recreational and community center partnerships, camping opportunities and much more.4-H participants are all youth, ages 5 to 19, taking part in programs provided as the result of actions planned and initiated by Extension personnel in cooperation with volunteers and families. 4-H is characterized as being community-centered, volunteer-led, Extension staff supervised, research-based, home and family-oriented, publicly and privately funded and responsive to change. It offers youth opportunities in communications, leadership, career development, citizenship, healthy living, science, technology, engineering and math and more.University of Nevada, ExtensionAn EEO/AA Institution

Clark County, NV 4-H Program

Let's get medieval! Build the future with unique inventions and contraptions only limited by your imagination!!!

4-H Day Camps

Clark County 4-H offers a variety of educational day camps and multi-day summer camps tailored to youth development. These programs feature hands-on STEAM activities, cooking, arts and crafts, outdoor environmental exploration, and leadership development.

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*** This opportunity is open to youth living in SOUTHERN NEVADA ***In this distance-learning camp, students will utilize maker space materials to develop twenty-first century skills. Beginning with a blast to the past: young engineers will construct a medieval catapult! This inquiry-based activity will focus on critical thinking and problem-solving skills. These skills will be utilized in the context of forces of motion along with history and mathematical calculations.Once our engineers have created a catapult, they will create a unique invention and a crazy contraption only limited by their own imaginations. If you can dream it, you can build it! These additional activities will help students foster an innovative and creative mindset while collaborating with others about their crafty creationsThis adventure is open to youth ages 9-15. Spaces are limited so sign up ASAP.Instructors:<ul><li>Sarah Monique Somma, Clark County - Las Vegas</li><li>Karen Best, Clark County - Las Vegas</li><li>Luisa Ixmatlahua, Clark County - Las Vegas</li></ul>Requirements: <ul><li>Access to internet via phone, laptop, or iPad with a camera </li><li>At least three hours a day to work on the project </li><li>Check-in with the group every day Monday through Wednesday and Friday from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.</li><li>Available to demonstrate projects on Friday, July 31 from 6:00 -7:00 p.m. via Zoom and invite friends and family to watch </li></ul>Materials Needed: None! Participants will be mailed a kit with the materials before camp begins. A $30 value!Materials Supplied: <ul><li>Camp kit</li><li>Guidelines for the project </li><li>Zoom link with a camera on the phone, tablet or computer </li><li>Daily check-in </li><li>Certificate of completion </li><li>Award certificates for category winners </li></ul>Cost:Now, FREE! Thanks to a generous grant received.

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