Agriculture Science Fair Opportunity for McLean County Students

                                                                          

This fall we have a new after-school opportunity for students in grades 4-8 to be involved with at the McLean County Cooperative Extension Office.  I am working with a Farm Bureau program to get kids involved in the KY Farm Bureau Student Agriculture Exhibit Contest.  This program is designed to increase student interest in Agriculture and the Science that is involved in the industry.  It is designed similar to a science fair, only all projects are related to Agriculture. 

We will hold our own McLean County Ag-Science Fair at the Extension Office in October, which will be open to the public.   All of our county entries will be sent to the KY Farm Bureau Office in Louisville to be reviewed.  Eleven students from across the state will be selected to present their project at the KY Farm Bureau Annual Meeting on Thursday, December 4^th in Louisville and receive $75.

Student projects can be experimental, a demonstration, research based, an apparatus or a collection.  Students projects can be from these categories: Biological Sciences (Plant or Animal), Environmental Sciences, Food Sciences and Nutrition, or Engineering Sciences. 

We will have our first meeting for any McLean County Student in grades 4^th-8^th that is interested in participating on Tuesday, September 9^th at 3:15pm.  We will then meet every Tuesday from 3:15pm to 4:30pm until our County Ag Science Fair on October 21^st. 

 If you have any questions before then, please feel free to contact Cary Hicks at the McLean County Cooperative Extension Office at (270)273-3690 or by email at cary.hicks@uky.edu.  Educational programs of the Cooperative Extension Service serve all people regardless of race, color, sex, religion, disability or national origin.