Skill-a-thons

Designed as a series of mini-learning stations, participants rotate from station to station attempting to perform a given task. 

A Skill-a-thon is a method of involving 4-H members in challenging, non-competitive activities to develop both personal and project skills.

LG733, Conducting a 4-H Skill-a-thon (PDF)

Skill-a-thons A-C

Aerospace
Parts of a Plane (PDF)

Agronomy

• Grain Pests (PDF)
• Seeds to Plant (PDF)
• Soybean Parts Identification (PDF)

Beef
Halter Your Steer (PDF)

Bicycle
Bicycle Repair (PDF)

Breads
Measuring Dry Ingredients (PDF)

Cake decorating

• Cake of Color (PDF)
• Swag Style Cake Borders (PDF)

Cats

• Cats Parts ID (PDF)
• Picking Up and Holding (PDF)

Child development

• Choosing Toys for Children (PDF)
• Babysitting Safety (PDF)

Clothing

• Sewing a Hem Properly (PDF)
• Sewing on a Button (PDF)

Communications
Pass the Message (PDF)

Consumer savvy
Balancing the Books (PDF)

Skill-a-thons D-G

Dairy
What's That Cheese? (PDF)

Dogs

• Vital Signs (PDF)
• Parts Identification (PDF)

Electricity

• Conductors of Electricity (PDF)
• Electrical Wiring (PDF)

Entomology

• Insect Collection (PDF)
• Insect Parts Identification (PDF)
• Insect Pinning (PDF)

Foods
Measuring Liquid Ingredients (PFD)

Goats
Antibiotics (PDF)

Skill-a-thon H-R

Health
First Aid Kit (PDF)

Horses

• Face Markings (PDF)
• Making Halters and Lead Ropes (PDF)

Horticulture - gardening
Planning a Garden (PDF)

Meats

• Beef Retail Cuts Identification (PDF)
• Beef Wholesale Cuts Identification (PDF)
• Sheep Wholesale Cuts Identification (PDF)
• Swine Wholesale Cuts Identification (PDF)

Outdoor adventures

• Building a Safe Campfire (PDF)
• Pack Your Backpack (PDF)

Photography
Photography Composition (PDF)

Poultry

• Inside a Egg (PDF)
• Poultry Meat Cuts of a Chicken (PDF)
• Parts Indentification (PDF)

Quilting
Selecting a Fabric (PDF)

Rabbits

• Breeds (PDF)
• Parts Identification (PDF)

Robotics
Create a Robot (PDF)

Skill-a-thons S-Z

Sheep
Identification of Feed Ingredients (PDF)

Shooting Sports

• Scoring Paper Targets (PDF)
• Stringing a Bow (PDF)

Small engines

• Change a Spark Plug (PDF)
• Parts Identification (PDF)
• Tool Identification (PDF)

Sport fishing

• Cast Away (PDF)
• Fish Species (PDF)
• Knot the Hook (PDF)

Swine

• Notching Pig's Ears (PDF)
• Parts Identification (PDF)

Theatre arts
Create a Puppet (PDF)

Welding
Technique (PDF)

Wildlife
Animal Tracks (PDF)

Workworking

• Driving a Nail (PDF)
• Measuring a Board (PDF)
• Parts of a Hammer (PDF)
• Parts of a Wood Chisel (PDF)