Theens win 4 H leadership prize

The national 4 H  Council has named the 2025 recipient of its Youth Action award. The  four  students age 16 to 18 ware recignizeed for outstanding  laeaderspip in the their communities Each will receive $5,000 scholarships and  serve as a national youth 4 H spokesperson  for the next year The name 4 H stands Head Heart Hands and Health Founded in 1902 in Ohio it is the nation's largest youth  development organization  and seek to empower young people by taeching them skills in agriculture science technology and  leadership since its founding more than 6 million students have participated  in its programs in 2010 4  H began began recognizing teenagers who were involved in its programs with the youth in Action Awards A panel  of judges evaluates the application and chose the winners based on their leadership skills and  community involvement  as well as positive  impact of their 4 H projects. The year's winner demonstrate a broad array  of accomplishments kate Culbert age 18 of New jersey conducted research om native plants and  honeybees that pubkished in Harvard's journal of emeging investigators Kingston Ryals age 16 Georgia founded  a nonprofit organization The rock project  that  heal black students become future laeders Kaycie hollrah age 16 of missikuri was honored for bringing a youth leadership program to her country  to  engage young people  in  craeting change in their community  ronak suchindar age 17 pensylvainia  founded kids connect which offers more than 50 stem workshops  that have reached 3,000 student worldwide Jill bramble  president and CEO of the national 4 H council expressed pride in the winners achievement we are  excited to see them continue and inspire their fellow 4 H members and make an impact in their comunities she said.The 4 H logo  Katie culbert Ronak Suchindra Kaycie Hollreh Kingston royals Fun fat The. 4 H logo began as three leaf clover but was changed to four leaf clover in about 1908. from the called book the week junior.

flower

 most flower on an orchid (monopodial ) a  phalaenopsis orchid grows by Kevin  endlisch (can) bore 131 blooms on 30 mar 2023 a verified  in Waterloo  ontario Canada monopodial orchids grow single upright stems with one leaf following another on alternating  sides phalaenopsis species are commonly known as moth orchids and include the flowers that appear to be mimicked by h coronaturs (above) from book called Guinness  world records.

squashing the competition

 a giant pumpkin named  Hank the tank won the nsyionsl pumkin weigh off earning first place at 2,453 pounds grown in a greenhouse in Oregon  hank was 296 pounds shy of a new word record. from book called the week junior. https://www.utahpumpkingrowers.com/

 

The big picture

 annumal tardigrade location black forest southwest germany by shannon  hibberd how do photograph a  critter that's smaller than a pencil point nat geo photographer  oliver mocks explains  how he used a  special microscope to capture  this this tardigrade a tiny water bear that lives in moss and soil. my team and i were in the black froestto collect microorganisms  animals that are too small to see without a microscope furst we gathered some soil  with a little moss at the lab we whashed out the organisms into a petri dish and found this tardinrade. we  were lucky  tardigrades are part of  this habitat  but theyre petty of this habitat but thay' re pretty rare. To lake the picture we lifted  the animal using  an eyebrow hair and placed the tardigrade under a microscope as we kooked at the cratture  through the lens we built  scenery around it with moss and wood then a special elec tron microscope scanned the scene to create  the image. it's so cool to see something that's practically invisble it's like your're get thing  a peek into a sceret world. from called book national geographic kids.  

water that is make from air

 water that is made from air a can of  sky wtr Most botter water  is taken from underground sources witch  are  limited resource. but  a new type of  canned water is pulling moisture from thin air at solar powered  water farm. Sky wtr uses hydropanel technology. Solar panels power  fans that draw in air and push it through a material that absorbs moisture.The moisture is collected as dean filtered water because  the process is powered  entirely by sunlight  it can the place in remote dry locations  The company  thatmakes sky wtr hopes it could help address a  global water shortage. 

blue ribbon baking

 a 7 year old makes the best pie in Texas Allen gage blueberry pie won first pirze the battle for the blue ribbons ath the Texas state fair  beating nearly  240 bakers of all ages and makeing him the  youngest person ever to qualify for the fair top cooking competition  in october  I was so happy he said sweet victory. form book called the week junior. http://www.blueribbonbaking.com

 

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cave discovered the on moom

 scentists studying images  of  moon surface spotted a cace with could one  day be used as a base by  astronauts  the  team of researchers aot university of  trento in Italy  were studying data from the lunar recibbaussabce orbiter lro a spacecraft  operated by nasa the us space  agency the  cave  is located in large flat aree on the moon called the sea of tranquility which is where nasa astronauts first  landed in 1969 its opening  about 148 feet  wide between 98 and 262 feet  long it cold between  426 and  558  feet deep  and is most  likely  one of many caves on the moon. further research into  the cave culd  help h moon  structure and  history in theory it could also a be good place to set up  a lunar base because it would protect astronauts from extreme temperatures and shidled from the sun rays. from called book the weed junior. 

the week is history

 July  30 1729  batimore Maryland  is established   on  July  30 1729 the Maryland  general  assembly passed  a bill  calling  for a town  to  be built  on the  north  side of the patapsco river  ut was to  be named after  lord baltimor who  had  established the colony of maryland  in 1632 baltime a busy shipping port make it one of largest us cities  for nearly  200  year today it is the  30th largest us city with a population  of more  than  565,000. from called book the week junior 

castlebulists in cave

 Castlebuilt in cave This  might  be coolest  house ever  predjama castle in Slovenia  ciybtry in central Eurpe  holds the record for the world largest cave castles built halfway  up 400 foot tall cliff  the structure sits in an opening of the postjan cave system buts around  the 13th century the 115foot  tall castle houeses a chapel a prison a torture charmber and even a hidden passageway. from called book national geographic kids.

plenty of penguins

 chester zoo  in the uk welcome 11 hummboit penguin  babies the most th hutch  there in one season in over 10 years the endangered bird  is native to peur chile it been a readliy good year for the penguins a zookeeper said one of the babies. form the week junior