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<tdcolspan="3">Addresses who, what, when and where of project qualitatively in less than 300 words.</td>
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<tdcolspan="3">Includes quantitative information pertaining to the materials and time required to complete the project. Financial Information and Market Summary sub-sections should be filled out if applicable to the project.</td>
<divclass="panel-body"> When completing a project record for a project carried over from another organization (i.e. a school art project or the Supreme Beef program), the documentation from that organization may fit the criteria for a 4-H project record, and many people choose to submit that documentation as their Section 1.
This is acceptable, but the record book committee asks that you respect the judges' time by using the 4-H project record template, and not including extraneous information. </div>
<p>Goals provide direction for your 4-H project. If you've ever gone to any motivational leadership conference, you've heard about goals far more than you could ever care to, but the facts show the people with goals accomplish more. Great, you say, how do you make goals? I'm glad you asked.</p>
If you do resort to this goal, you <strong>MUST</strong> keep your record book meticulously organized so that the judges can find how you did last year. </p><hr/>
Making one coaster should not be a challenge for an experienced leathercrafter and would be unrealistic, but might be appropriate for a first-year member.</p>
<p>Every goal should have a bigger purpose or reason behind it.</p>
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<dt>Bad Example</dt>
<dd>To volunteer for three leadership positions in the community this year (because I need another Youth Leadership goal for my record book)</dd>
<dt>Good Example</dt>
<dd>To volunteer for three leadership positions in the community this year (because I need to improve my public speaking and organizational skills)</dd>
You don't always write the "why" in your record book, but if you have a good why, you will write better goals and be more motivated to accomplish those goals.
<divclass="panel-body">Most of our record book examples don't follow these guidelines, because these guidelines hadn't been written yet! Please use discernment when viewing the example project descriptions, and remember to use the reporter-like style when completing your record book.
If you do it right, <em>your</em> book might wind up in the next set of examples. </div>
<blockquote> There's always a four-point-five percent margin of error, plus or minus. <small>The Accountant in <em>The Accountant</em> (Short film)</small></blockquote>
Good Size & Scope sections vary widely depending on the project, but all of them record the items (physical or intellectual) used in the project, and the time and money spent on the project.
Take a look at the examples for ideas to get you started. </p>
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<divclass="panel-body"><strong>Financial Information</strong> and <strong>Market Summary</strong> tables are provided under Size & Scope.
They are not intended to serve as a full Size & Scope, but they may be useful to augment your existing data.
Use them if you think they are appropriate to your project. </div>
<blockquote> Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. <small>Proverbs 8:10 KJV</small></blockquote>
<p> Knowledge & Skills Acquired serves two purposes.
First, it allows you to address whether or not you met your goals.
Second, it tells readers what you actually learned this year in your project. </p>
<p> To complete Knowledge & Skills, create a heading for each <ahref="#goals">goal</a> you wrote.
Write a paragraph (at least three sentences) explaining if you met the goal, how you met the goal (or why you did not meet the goal), and what you learned from the goal.
After each goal is addressed, include paragraphs explaining anything else you learned about your project area.
Remember that your readers might not know anything about your project area, so be sure to explain it in a way that a layperson can understand. </p>
If you have a project that involves multiple items (e.g. a knitted scarf <em>and</em> a knitted hat), list both of those items and the placings each received.
If you exhibited your project at multiple shows (e.g. a heifer at the Colorado Dairy Extravaganza, the Brown Swiss State Show, and the County fair), feel free to restructure the columns to match the exhibitions you actually attended.
