Abstract
4-H Youth Favorite Places National Mapping Project Track: Education Author(s): Tom Tate 4-H Youth GIS Tech Teams present this activity which is designed to help teach youth about GIS/GPS as well as provide a service to their community. This is a new National 4-H Project that can be implemented in every 4-H club, camp, and program. Goals of the YFP Project are for youth to learn about key natural resources and community cultural and recreational sites; share and promote favorite local natural resources and cultural and recreational sites; visit the favorite places of other youth when on interstate exchanges, field trips, and vacations; participate in building a national database as a 4-H community service project; and learn new skills, such as use of GPS receivers and Digital Cameras, photo editing, database use and entry, map reading, background research, technical writing, collaboration, and team work. Tom Tate CSREES-USDA 4-H c/o Lisa Conroy 18640 NW Walker Rd. #1400 Beaverton , OR 97006 US Phone: 503-725-2113 E-mail: lisa.conroy@oregonstate.edu |
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