The 4-H Electric Program is an informal hands-on youth program conducted by the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service and its professional 4-H agents and volunteer adult leaders located in all 100 counties and the Cherokee Reservation. Youth learn about the fundamentals of electricity, renewable energy technologies, and energy conservation. Activities include learning how to solder, learning the difference between series and parallel circuits, and assembling can lamps. Youth learn many life skills while participating in this program, but also generate more enthusiasm for science and technology.

• Electric Program Overview
• Electric Congress Delegate Criteria and Program Awards
• Electric Congress Leader Responsibilities
• "Electric Program Overview" (ppt)
• "Electric Awards Overview" (ppt)
• "Magic of Electricity" (pdf format*)
• Electric Presentations

Kits and Projects

• 2013 Electric Kit and Other Projects
• Solar Car Kits Vendor
• Project Kit Request Form (pdf format*)

Electronic Supply Vendors
& Soldering Information

• Soldering and Troubleshooting Tips (pdf format*)
• Basic Soldering Technique (pdf format*)
• Electronic Supplies (soldering irons, etc.)

Common Forms

• Electric Recruit Activity Record Form (pdf format)
• Electric Kit Activity Consent Form (pdf format*)

• 2013 Electric Congress Program (pdf format*)
• 2013 Bus Schedules (pdf format*)
• 2013 Donor Addresses

Forms

• Delegate Registration and Reporting Forms
• Medical Form (pdf format*)
• Code of Conduct Form (pdf format*)
• Media Release Form (pdf format*)

The 4-H Electric Program is steeped in the states extension history. It dates back to the days when extension electrification demonstration programs were essential to the success and development of rural America and its farms. The demonstration trailer shown was widely used in 1937 to demonstrate how electricity could be use in the home and on the farm.

 



Back in the day it was called Farm and Home Electric Congress click for a larger views for

the photos below






award winners 1950----------------------------------- 1960 club members give demonstration

 

Library of congress electricity posters from the early 1940-1950's.
President Roosevelt issued an executive order that created the Rural Electrification Administration (REA). May 20, 1936, Congress passed the Rural Electrification Act. The REA was part of a relief package designed to stimulate an economy still in the grip of the Great Depression.