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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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<th><ahref="#sizeandscope">Size and Scope</a></th>
<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>
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<th>Knowledge and Skills Acquired</th>
<td>Lists things learned in project.</td>
<td>Lists things learned in project and addresses each goal.</td>
<td>Lists things learned in project and demonstrates how at least 2 goals were met, as well as addressing all goals.</td>
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<th>Exhibition Summary</th>
<tdcolspan="3">Lists exhibitions and placings from entire year.</td>
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<p> Over half of your 4-H career is spent working on projects, and fittingly, over half of your record book is spent commemorating those projects.
Section 1 provides a framework for planning, completing, and analysing each of your 4-H projects.
How? Let's go through it step-by-step. </p>
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<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 extranneous information. </div>
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<h2> Overview </h2>
<p> Please just fill this box out.
It's really not that hard, and I'd rather not waste the space (or the bandwidth) to explain in detail.
If you really have questions, contact the Extension Office. </p>
<blockquote> If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time <small>Zig Ziglar</small></blockquote>
<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 acomplish more. Great, you say, how do you make goals? I'm glad you asked.</p>
<p>A goal is an objective or thing desired to happen with SMARTY attributes:</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>
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You don't write the "why" in your record book, but if you have a good why, you will write better goals and be more motivated to acomplish those goals.
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<p>How do you write SMARTY goals? Here's a way I like to do it:</p>
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<li>Get a blank sheet of paper and pencil (<strong>not</strong> your phone)</li>
<li>Write the project name and why you enrolled in that project at the top of the page</li>
<li>Write four or five things you would like to acomplish in that project (not SMARTY yet, if you can't make it that way)</li>
<li>Set aside your page for two months</li>
<li>For each of those things you wanted to do, write a SMARTY version</li>
<li>Add your new goals to your record book</li>
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<p>I've found that, by writing down the goals early along with the why behind them, I will be more likely to acomplish my goals.
Try it yourself, and I think you will, too.</p>
<h2> Project Description </h2>
<blockquote> If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself. <small>Albert Einstein</small></blockquote>
<p> Use the project description to explain what you did in the past year to someone who doesn't know anything about that subject.
A good project description should read almost like a newspaper brief about your project.
Like a good reporter, include information on the </p>
<divclass="panel-body"> For many years, the role of the project description was very ambiguous.
As such, there are very few record books that followed these guidelines, and most of the examples do not.
Please use discernment when viewing the example project descriptions, and remember to use the reporter-like style when completing your record book.
Who knows, then your book might wind up in the next set of examples. </div>
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<h2> Size & Scope </h2>
<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>
<p> The label "Size & Scope" has caused confusion for several generations of 4-Hers.
Let's define these words to clear that up. </p>
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<dt>Size</dt>
<dd>is numbers, i.e. the number of hours spent, dollars invested, contest points earned, pounds of feed, etc.</dd>
<dt>Scope</dt>
<dd>indicates the varieties, different types, recipes, plants or animal breeds with which you worked.</dd>
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<p> In short, Size & Scope is a <abbrtitle="A detailed description including numbers of all substances used. Also the name of a class I'm glad I didn't have to take in college.">quantitative analysis</abbr> of everything you used to complete your project.
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>
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<h2> Knowledge & Skills Acquired </h2>
<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>
