What is the Agriscience Pathway?
Discover how agriculture and science connect through real-world, hands-on learning experiences designed for youth who love animals, plants, and the outdoors!
The Agriscience STEM Pathway introduces youth to plant science, animal systems, soil health, and sustainable agriculture. Participants learn through hands-on learning experiences such as growing crops, testing soil, and caring for animals. This pathway builds problem-solving skills while helping youth understand how science supports food systems and environmental stewardship.
Leadership Opportunities
Youth can grow as leaders by:
- Leading livestock workshops
- Teaching gardening lessons
- Starting an Agriscience Club in your neighborhood
- Serving as club officers
- Forming an Agriscience T.R.Y. Team, and lead a club or camp
- Mentoring younger members
- Applying to be a 4-H State Agriscience Ambassador, and help develop new engineering projects and activities
Service Opportunities
Participants can give back through:
- Community gardens
- Food drives
- Environmental stewardship projects
- Agricultural education outreach
- Mentoring younger members
- Serving as club officers
- or other ideas you come up with to make a meaningful impact
*Clubs completing Agriscience projects are eligible to complete the requirements to earn the Utah 4-H Service in STEM award by teaching others about agriscience or using agriscience skills to help your community.
Events & Trainings
Hands-on learning continues through:
- Utah Envirothon
- Summer camps
- Form an AgRobotics team
- Put your agriscience skills to the test in the Utah 4-H Innovation Challenge
- Livestock clinics
- Plant science workshops
- Agriculture field days
- Skill-a-thons
- Utah 4-H Invents! (a year-long engineering team creating a solution for a community partner, and present it)
- Engineer an agriscience invention for Utah Invention Convention
- Participate in the Agriscience based Drone Challenge
Curriculum & Learning Resources
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
Beginner: Seed starting, soil basics, animal care basics
Intermediate: Crop experiments, nutrition science, farm systems
Advanced: Agricultural technology, sustainability design projects
4-H CURRICULUM & RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
- Clover by 4-H
- Agriscience activities include: Be a Wind Warrior, Engineer a Bee, Code Your Garden, Farm Stand, Engineer a Greenhouse, and many others
- Utah 4-H Kits For Checkout Program
- Agriscience tools available for check-out include: robots, drones, farm simulation kits, circuit kits, pet advocate kits, and wildlife track molds
- *Kits For Checkout is free of charge for: registered 4-H volunteers, public and afterschool educators, and USU employees
- Discover 4-H
- Agriscience topics include: Discover 4-H Exploring Energy, Discover 4-H Urban Gardening, and Discover 4-H Forces of Nature
- Utah 4-H has developed several pieces of curriculum exploring agriscience practices and Artificial Intelligence. Inquire through: Utah4HSTEM@aggies.usu.edu
Career Exploration
4-H helps youth get Beyond Ready for work, for college, for life!
Skills Learned in the Agriscience pathway, include:
- Understanding of plant and animal sciences
- Understand and use of latest agricultural technology
- Resilience
- Problem Solving
- Analytical Thinking
- Communication
- Teamwork
- Observation
- Responsibility
- Data collection
- Systems thinking
Careers in the Agriscience pathway include:
- Agricultural Scientist
- Veterinarian
- Agronomist
- Environmental Specialist
- Food Scientist
Start Your STEM Journey Today
Register for upcoming agriscience programs or contact Deb Ivie (deborah.ivie@usu.edu) to learn how to join.
Are you the parent of a child interested in Agriscience?
Enroll my child in Utah 4-H
Volunteer with Utah 4-H
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