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Developing Skills: The 4-H Skill-a-thon Virtual Contest

The 4-H Skill-a-thon Virtual Contest is a judging contest designed to help 4-H members develop and demonstrate their knowledge in 4-H project related categories.
 
 

Objectives

  • Grow in ability to think, reason and make logical judgements
  • Improve in project knowledge
  • Careful observation and wise selections

 

Who Can Participate

  • 4-H members must be actively enrolled.
  • Junior Division (8 -10 years old)
  • Intermediate Division (11- 13 years old)
  • Senior Division (14 and up)

**If child is 8 years old and in the 3rd grade by Sept. 1, they will compete as a 4-H member. Any child with an age or grade below these requirements will compete as a Clover Bud**

 


Categories

  • Consumer Judging
  • Wildlife
  • Rabbit and Poultry
  • Companion Animal
  • Dairy
  • FCS
  • Shooting Sports
  • Land Judging
  • Floriculture
  • Poultry Judging
  • Horse

 

Contest Etiquette

Whispering and or talking while testing is not allowed. Keep your eyes on your own screen. Judging is a comparative process, examine and compare choices carefully.

 

Questions can only be asked to Leader during testing.

 

Guidelines

  • Each contestant may only enter TWO categories.
  • Five topics will be selected from the above categories by leaders each year for contest.
  • Junior contestants will have 20 questions.
  • Intermediate contestants will have 35 questions.
  • Senior contestants will have 50 questions.

 

Awards

The Overall Champion and Reserve Champion per division will receive certificate and neck ribbon in each category, also an invitation to the Achievement Banquet. Third place in each division category will receive certificate and ribbon.

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