; — C=} C=) fp SIC = Ore Lwers 4-H Youth: A Revolutonary Force n Scence (NAPSA)—At 14, Luana Xong, from Merced County, Calforna, has partcpated n a wde varety of actvtes throughout her fve- ‘ year 4-H career, but nothng has ntrgued her more than the 4-H scence programs. For the last two years, Luana has partcpated n the 4-H Natonal Youth Scence Day (NYSD)—an event n whch hundreds of thousands of young peo- ple throughout the world smultaneously conduct a sngle scence experment. Wth aspratons to become a cardovascular surgeon, Luana apprecates her 4-H scence programs, as nvolvement n the currculum and actvtes have helped her become comfortable wth the subject. In 2009, Luana demonstrated the 4-H Natonal Scence Exper- ment for 250 members of her communty. The experment, Bofuel Blast, showcased how cellulose and sugars n plants can be con- verted nto fuel. “My goal was to spread my knowledge to as many people as I could.” As a newcomerto 4-H scence, Brt Stevens from Gbson County, Indana, wll be gettng hs frst taste of 4-H scence at the 2010 4-H Natonal Scence Experment: 4-H:20. At 18, Brt’s favorte 4-H actvtes nvolve showng anmals at fars. But as an asprng archtect, Brt knows the mportance of hav- ng a sold foundaton n the sc- ences. “I am pretty good at scence. People should know the scentfc explanaton about thngs.” Wth plans to partcpate n NYSD agan, Luana thnks t’s mportant for youthslke Brt to get nvolved n 4-H scence. “I am par- tcpatng n 4-H Scence Day agan because I enjoy t so much. I also thnk t s so mportant to get the Luana Xong demonstrates the 2009 4-H Natonal Scence Experment BofuelBlast. word out about what 4-H s and why Scence Day was created—to get youth to go nto scence careers.” As part of 4-H’s One Mllon New Scentsts, One Mllon New Ideas™ campagn, 4-H scence pro- grams lke 4-H NYSD work to spark an early youth nterest n scence educaton n an effort to combat a natonal shortage of young people pursung scence n college and future careers. “Engagng youth n scentfc exploraton early on provdes the necessary platform that they need to buld a long-lastng nterest n the feld and to make ongong contrbutons to the scences,” sad Donald T. Floyd, Jr., Natonal 4-H Councl presdent and CEO. “Sc- ence s often an overwhelmng and consequently overlooked subject for young people, but 4-H scence programs make the subject exctng, accessble and relevant.” The 2010 4-H Natonal Scence Experment: 4-HzO—was developed n conjuncton wth North Carolna A&T State Unversty and the North Carolna Cooperatve Extenson Program. Generous sponsor support has been provded by Toyota, John Deere, IBM, BAE Systems and Karo. For more nformaton on 4-H Natonal Youth Scence Day, please vst www.4-H.org/NYSD.
