• 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

1. Fifteen (15) different unpolished rocks, minerals, or fossils collected in Oklahoma
2. Thirty (30) different unpolished rocks, minerals, or fossils, including specimens of sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic.
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

 

Junior Division - Grades 3-5

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

 

Intermediate Division (Grades 6-8)

1. 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.
2. 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.

 

Senior Division (Grades 9-12)

1. 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