• Any eligible 4-H member may participate in collecting, identifying, and preparing a rock-mineral-fossil exhibit. Individual 4-H member can enter only one exhibit per class.
• Rock-mineral-fossil exhibitors should securely display their specimens in a box no larger than 24” x 24”. Box can be wood, plastic or cardboard but have a method of covering the rocks, minerals and fossils.
• Each sample should be mounted or in a compartment and labeled in a neat, orderly manner. Labels should include common name, date, location found and mineral use. At least one-third of the specimens in any collection must have been added during the current project year

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Class

• Class 1. Fifteen (15) different unpolished rocks, minerals, or fossils collected in Oklahoma
• Class 2. Thirty (30) different unpolished rocks, minerals, or fossils, including specimens of sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic.
• Class 3. Self- Determined exhibit — Education exhibit depicting some phase of geology, testing of minerals, polished rocks, etc. (Display should not exceed 24” x 24”)

 

Energy/petroleum Exhibits

 

Section 4317 Junior Division - Grades 3-5

• Class 4. Poster on well site safety.
• Class 5. Energy/Petroleum Display. Subject of the display should be petroleum products; different types of energy and how they work; or different careers in energy.

 

Section 4317 Intermediate Division (Grades 6-8)

• Class 6. Photography Exhibit over a state park or geological region (not limited to Oklahoma). Four photos mounted on 14” x 14” poster board with detailed explanations and information.
• Class 7. Poster on Water Mineral Issue. Subject of poster should be one of the following:
  1. What water hardness and mineral testing can determine.
  2. Secondary recovery methods.
  3. Dangers of lead in the water.

 

Section 4317 Senior Division (Grades 9-12)

• Class 8. Poster of a press release; collected about energy information and your interpretation; possibly the Energy Index or other topic. Include the source of information on poster.

Energy or Petroleum Display. Subject of the display should be areas of the Oklahoma Energy Index; different drilling techniques and how they work; or careers in the energy industry