State Fair Exhibit Requirements(record sheets & scorecards are at the bottom of the page)

Promotional flier

FAQs

Record Sheets (choose Category: Records)

Poster Suggestions

Publication search (Enter project name in search box.)

Youth Natural Resource programs home page

Weather (Indiana 4-H)

Youth will learn basic information about weather, including what causes variations in weather and why we have different seasons and climates on the earth. In this project you will observe and record weather conditions and learn weather symbols.

Exhibit pictures

Questions and Answers

Manuals - available through Purdue's Media Distribution, Search For: weather

• Level 1, Weather Watchers, 4-H 346, Weather Poster
• Level 2 Storm Spotters, 4-H 379
• Level 3, Clouds: Signposts of the Sky, 4-H 399
• Level 4, Fonts & Symbold, 4-H 426
• Leaders Guide

Resources

Level 1: Note the change for 2008 state fair exhibits:

• Grade 3 - color the poster and identify the weather vane, wind sock, airport, wind cone, airplane, helicopter, thermometer, rain gauge, stop watch, and meteorologist. Attach the Level 1 Weather 4-H Science Project sheet (page 13 in the manual, 4-H 346).
• Grade 4: Explain two (2) of the Experiments with Weather-makers (pp 3-7 in 4-H 346) using text and drawings or pictures to create an educational poster. Title your exhibit: Experiments with Weather-Makers. Attach the "Weather Information Sheet" from your manual (page 15, 4-H-346a-W).

Level 2: Grade 5, Weather Data Sheet (optional), Explaination of the equation for approximating the wind speed equation (page 8)

Level 4: Station Model instructions

Images from the American Geological Institute (IGS, see "Weather")

Leaders Guide (on-line only)