Georgia 4-H Project Achievement empowers young people with skills for a lifetime. Students choose a project area of interest, research the topic, and write and present a presentation. Youth develop leadership, creativity, public speaking, record keeping, and other skills. As students become older, a record keeping component that promotes independent thinking, research and implementation is added. Cloverleaf and Junior 4-H’ers (4th – 8th grades), begin competition in their school or county and advance to the district level. Senior competitors (9th-12th grades) are encouraged to become more involved in their project areas and advance to the state and national levels.
Parent Resources
Whether your child participated in Project Achievement previously or this is their very first encounter, we hope to help you support your child in this endeavor. Beginning in the 7th grade competition process, youth are expected to produce lengthier presentations and submit a portfolio for written work. Both the portfolio and presentation comprise 50% each of the total score at competition. The following resources are developed with you, parents, in mind to support project development for your child.
Tips
- Contact your local county Extension office for assistance and information. Each county has a plan for preparing for 4-H Project Achievement and has a timeline that is important for you to consider. Many counties have workshops or one-on-one instruction to prepare. Counties may go to Junior / Senior 4-H Project Achievement in January, February, or March. Space is limited for the district competition, and 4-H’ers must qualify at the county level. Discuss your county’s plans with your local Agent and staff to be sure you can meet any school, county, or district specific deadlines.
- Guide your child in picking a topic that interests them and in finding interesting factual information on the topic. You’ll also want to discuss project development work with your child and encourage their portfolio planning. Your local county Extension staff is there to help with this process.
More information and resources are available on each age group page, linked above.
Parent TipsYouth Resources
What is Project Achievement?
Project Achievement creates skills that last a lifetime! Youth develop leadership, creativity, public speaking, recordkeeping, and more through this program. Specifically, students pick a project area of interest, research the topic, write a presentation, and present to others. Youth in 7-12 grades add a record keeping component. However, for 4th – 6th graders, it’s all about sharing knowledge. For a Cloverleaf or Junior 4-H’er (4th – 8th grades), the presentation may begin at school or the county level competition and advance to the area or district level competition. Senior competitions may begin at the county or district level and advance to the state competition known as State 4-H Congress.
Friends MagazineTeacher Resources
Project Achievement is one of our core 4-H programs, and we value your contribution in developing our young people. The following resources are developed for teachers to support 4th – 6th graders in project development. These resources are focused on presentation projects (excluding food labs, creative stitchery, and performing arts projects). Please contact your local county Extension office to gain additional resources and discuss specific county and district competition dates. More resources can be found in the pages for specific age groups, which are linked above.
Teaching Resources
- Project Achievement Mini-Lessons for 4th – 6th Graders
- Get to the Point: Pencil Graphic Organizer
- Project Organizer: “The Clover”
- 4-H Project Achievement: Life Skills for a Lifetime
Examples
- Crafts Project: Origami
- Dairy and Milk Science Project: Discovering Dairy Cows
- Environmental Science Project: Be Water Smart
- Health Project: Facts About Broken Bones
- International Project: The Eiffel Tower
Score Sheets
- Creative Stitchery
- General Presentation
- Foods Lab
- Public Speaking
- Performing Arts Score Description – General
- Performing Arts Scorecard – General
- Performing Arts Score Description – Instrumental
- Performing Arts Scorecard – Instrumental
- Performing Arts Score Description – Vocal
- Performing Arts Scorecard – Vocal
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