• Homes at Home Session 5: Great Lakes, Great Winds and Weather

    Michigan Sea Grant Extension Educator Elliot Nelson talks about the Great Lakes, super duper waves, how to stay safe in lake water and when lakes are iced over and more about weather! Our challenge today is to create a weathervane you can use at home to monitor the winds in your area.

  • 4-H Ocean Explorers: Orcas - Pandas of the Sea

    Published on July 2, 2020

    Join us as we learn about orcas! In this engaging presentation, a 4-H volunteer who works as a marine science educator at a major U.S. aquarium will teach us about orca habitats, food, families and communities!

  • Homes at Home Session 7: Frogs and Toads

    Published on April 12, 2020

    Michigan Sea Grant Extension Educators Elliot Nelson and Mary Bohling talk about the Great Lakes frogs and toads! Our challenge today is to create an awesome toad house for your own backyard!

  • Clover Cents: Build a Bank

    Published on May 20, 2021

    Learn about how to make a 4-part bank, and the 4 uses of money, in this Clover Cents video for youth audiences.

  • Recording A Virtual Club Meeting

    Published on April 29, 2021

    Best practices around recording virtual club meetings.

  • Life of the Straits: Lighthouses

    Published on July 23, 2020

    Lighthouses have both fascinated and guided folks from water to safe shores for hundreds of years. In this edition of Life of the Straits, Presque Isle County 4-H Program Coordinator Kaelie Fessler introduces us to the 40 Mile Point Lighthouse.

  • Writing a Thank You Letter

    In this video you will learn about how and why you should send a thank you letter to the buyer of your 4-H market animal. Thank you letters are simple to write, yet extremely necessary to your successful marketing plan.

  • 4-H Online 2.0 Volunteer Enrollment

    Published on September 14, 2020

    In this video you will see how to enroll as a volunteer in 4-H Online 2.0. You'll see how to login to an existing account, start an enrollment, select a volunteer role, select clubs, select projects, and submit your enrollment.

  • Creating a Welcoming 4-H Club

    Published on March 20, 2023

    4-H clubs are spaces where youth can feel like they belong and can be themselves, leading them down a path of increased thriving.  To do this, creating a welcoming environment for all youth is important. This video will allow you to learn some new strategies as well as share methods that have worked for you. The goal is to allow others to feel welcomed, respected, and encouraged to be themselves and active in the program.

  • 4-H Ocean Explorers: Seahorses - Spiny Superdads

    Published on July 2, 2020

    Join as we learn about seahorses! A 4-H volunteer who works as a marine science educator at a major U.S. aquarium will teach us all about seahorses in this engaging lesson, including where they live, what they eat, why they're superdads, and whether they are a fish, a horse, or something else entirely!

  • A Volunteer Crisis

    Published on June 1, 2023

    Every organization is suffering because of a lack of volunteers. Learn how you can be a volunteer with 4-H at Extension.msu.edu/4Hvolunteers.

  • 2023 Michigan 4-H Month of the Military Child Virtual Challenge

    Published on May 5, 2022

    A video montage of submissions from participants in the 2023 Michigan 4-H Month of the Military Child Virtual Challenge in April.

  • Wild Spartans: Invasive Species with Taylor Haas

    Published on December 8, 2020

    In this 4-H Wild Spartans episode, we go upstream to learn about sea lamprey, an oceanic species invading the Great Lakes. Meet MSU graduate researcher, Taylor Haas, learn about his field work, and the education and career path he followed to get there in his presentation, “Invasive Species and I: A Scientist’s Tale of Working with Wildlife from Elsewhere”.

  • 4-H Online 2.0 Existing Family Profiles

    Published on September 14, 2020

    In this video you will see how to login to an existing 4-H Online account in 2.0, how to edit family information, how to view family member, and how to add new 4-h members to your family.

  • Michigan State University Extension 4-H Virtual Showcase Quotes

    Published on June 3, 2021

    Memorable quotes from the virtual showcase.

  • Wool Spinning

    Published on November 24, 2020

    You’ve probably seen live sheep or at least pictures of sheep, and you may have even seen how wool is collected during shearing, but have you ever wondered how that wool is then made into yarn and thread for making clothes? This video walks you through some of the basic steps of processing wool to create yarn and wool clothing.

  • Ready, Aim... Targeting Life Skills Through 4-H Shooting Sports

    Published on November 4, 2020

    4-H Shooting Sports is one of the largest project areas in Michigan and nationwide. Learn how program priorities provide for a safe and meaningful member experience. This 2-minute video provides an overview of the shooting sports project area, helpful as a starting point for volunteers, staff, and stakeholders new to this 4-H project area.

  • Life of the Straits: Inland Waterway

    Published on July 16, 2020

    On this edition of Life of the Straits, Cheboygan County 4-H Program Coordinator, Leigh Ann Theunick, takes us on an aquatic adventure through the Inland Waterway!

  • Youth Voices in 4-H Committees

    Published on June 17, 2021

    Six youth from around the state of Michigan talk about their experiences working with 4-H committees, and what skills they gained from these experiences.

  • Life of the Straits: Michilimackinac

    Published on August 6, 2020

    In this edition of the Life of the Straits we have been given exclusive access by the Mackinac Historic Parks to film the highlights from one of the state’s most engaging and interesting historical sites: Michilimackinac