December 2016
Inside this issue: Kids Vote & Robotic Club
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Club Updates
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4-H Contests
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Happy Holidays
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Upcoming Workshops
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Last Stop Holiday Shop
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Healthy Choices
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Spotlight of the Month UK’s “Physics Zoo” Highlights In-School Programs
County Extension Agents for 4-H Youth Development Danielle Hagler danielle.hagler@uky.edu
Luke Fries luke.fries@uky.edu
317 South Third Street Bardstown, KY 40004 502-348-9204 502-348-9270 fax
The University of Kentucky Physics Petting Zoo is a hands-on classroom tool. It consists of 24 stations, each presenting a hands-on physics activity. These are simple and yet instructive, so
safe for students to handle and experiment with. In November and December, 4H Agents in Nelson County made visits to several schools including Bardstown Elementary School, Foster
light” and some of Newton’s Laws of Physics. Youth really enjoyed the spectrometer (pictured), which gave them an opportunity to look at “white light” and see just
that all age groups enjoy interacting with them and learn from them. All components of the Zoo are
Heights, New Haven School and Bloomfield Elementary and Middle Schools, to share knowledge about “white
how many colors it was made of. Agents look forward to seeing students again after the Holidays!